Question

Michele is purchasing new clothes for soccer practice for the upcoming season. She buys s pairs of shorts at $14.98 each. She also buys 5 shirts to go with each pair of shorts, and she buys 3 additional shirts. Each shirt costs $11.50.

Complete the statement below to write an expression for the amount Michele spends on her soccer practice clothes. Let s represent the number of shorts.
Simplify your expression completely before writing it in the spaces below.

Answer 1

s14.98 + 92

Explanation:

In order to make an expression for this word problem, all you have to do is follow along the steps in the problem:

s14.98 represents how many shorts Michele bought and how much they cost

8 * 11.50 represents how many shirts she bought and what they cost, but we need to simplify, so

8 * 11.50 = 92

Therefore, by adding the shorts and shirt together, we get the expression:

s14.98 + 92

Hope this helps :)