Question

The school events committee is planning to buy a banner and some helium balloons for graduation night. A store charges them $35 for the banner and $3.50 for each helium balloon. If the committee has at most $125 to spend, how may helium balloons can they buy?​

Answer 1

Answer: About 25

Step-by-step explanation: So, to find how many helium balloons, we need to subtract 35 from 125, then divide it by 3.50. So, 125-35 = 90. So, 90 / 3.50 = 25.714285714285715. So, we are around 25.7 up to 26. But, we can't do this. This is because they can't spend over $91 on balloons. So, we have to round down. If it was 26, they would spend $91, 1 dollar over their budget. So, it would be about 25, which would be 87.50. So, they would have $3.50 left over.