Question

The poetry club had its first bake sale and they made 79.35 dollars. The club members are planning to have 4 more bake sales. Leslie said if we make the same amount at each bake sale we will earn 3,976.50 dollars. Peggy said no way we will earn 396.75 after bake sales. Use estimation to help Peggy explain why Leslie reasoning is incorrect.

Answer 1

Peggy is correct, their total bakes sale = $396.75

Explanation:

Using estimation to help Peggy explain why Leslie reasoning is incorrect.

From the question we can see that:

First bake sale they made = $79.35

4 more bake sales making the same amount = 4 × $79.35

The total amount they would make from the bake sales =

$79.35 + (4 × $79.35)

= $396.75

Peggy was right. Leslie's reasoning was incorrect.