Question

Seth’s bank charges $5 a month to maintain a checking account and $0.50 for each check Seth writes. Last month, Seth paid a total of $6.50 in checking account fees. How many checks did he write?

A 1 C 3

B 2 D 4

Answer 1

13

Explanation:

Since Seth pays $0.50 for each check he writes, he would write (let x be how many checks Seth wrote) "x" checks for $6.50. That means;

1 = 0.50

x = 6.50

Now let us set up a fraction:

`(0.5)/(1)=(6.5)/(x)`

Step 1: Cross multiply

`0.5x=1\cdot \:6.5`

`0.5x=6.5`

Step 2: Divide both sides by
`0.5`

`(0.5x)/(0.5)=(6.5)/(0.5)`

Simplify

`x=13`

Therefore, Seth will write 13 checks for $6.50