Question

At the craft store, Alyssa bought an $8 sketchpad and several drawing pencils for $0.75 each. She paid a total of $17. How many drawing pencils did Alyssa purchase? (Write at least 5 sentences describing the steps in details on how to solve this problem and how you arrive to your answer.) PLZ DONT GIVE ME THE EXACT ANSWER

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

She spent $8 on a sketchpad and $17 in total.

Amount of money she spent on drawing pencils =
`17-8=9`

A drawing pencil cost $0.75 and she spent $9.

Thus, she bought
`9/0.75=12` drawing pencils.

Answer 2

Answer: 12 pencils

Explanation:

17 - 8 = $9

9 ÷ $0.75 = 12

So the answer is 12 pencils.