Question

Samantha and her children went into a grocery store and she bought $7 worth of bananas and peaches. Each banana costs $0.40 and each peach costs $0.50. She bought a total of 15 bananas and peaches altogether. Determine the number of bananas and the number of peaches that Samantha bought.

Answer 1

10 peaches and 5 bananas

Explanation:

To solve the problem increase the cost by adding more peaches and less by adding more bananas

7 peaches = 3.50

8 bananas = 3.20 + 3.50 = 6.70

We need 30 more cents so add three more peaches

10 peaches = 5

5 x 0.4 = 2

2 + 5 = 7