Question

A bat and ball cost $1.10.

The bat costs one dollar mire than the ball.
How much does the ball cost?

Answer 1

5 cents

as the ball costs 5 cents the bat costs $1.05

Answer 2

Answer: Hi!

We already know that we can subtract a dollar from the total, because the bat is a dollar more than the ball. However, there's one more step! We have to divide the cost left, 10 cents, by 2 as well, because the bat is a dollar more than the ball, and if we said that the answer was a dollar, we would be wrong, because there would be 10 cents left as the cost of the ball - and if the bat was a dollar more than the ball, then the bat would be $1.10 and the total cost would be $1.20. 10 divided by 2 is 5, so the ball is 5 cents and the bat is $1.05.

Hope this helps!