Question

Phillp and Arnold are helping their teacher buy supplies for a research project.

The teacher gave Phillip $39.00 to buy pencils from the school store. The pencils come in boxes of 12 and cost $1.95 per box.
Arnold was given $48.00 to buy index cards at an office supply store. Index cards are sold in packs of 200 cards and cost $4.80 per pack.
Each student will receive a bag containing three pencils and 25 index cards. How much will each bag cost?

Part A. Create an equation to model how many boxes of pencils Phillip can purchase. Solve the equation. (5 points)



Part B: How many pencils was Phillip able to purchase? (5 points)


Part C: Create an equation to model how many packs of note cards Arnold can purchase. Solve the equation. (5 points)




Part D: How many note cards was Arnold able to purchase? (5 points)



Part E. In a complete sentence, answer how many bags of 3 pencils and 25 note cards can Arnold and Phillip create (5 points).

Answer 1

Answer: Part A

20 boxes of pencils

Part B

240 pencils

Part C

10 boxes of note cards

Part D

2,000

Part E

80 bags

Explanation:

Part A

Divide 39.00 by 1.95 and you should get your answer

Part B

take the answer you got from part a and multiply it by the number of pencils that are in the box

Part C

take 48.00 and divide it by 4.80 and you should get your answer

Part D

take your answer from Part C and multiply it by how many card are in a box and you should get your answer

Part E

divide the amount of pencils by three and it gives you 80 and for the cards do the same but take the amount of cards and divide it by 25 and it gives you 80 so the amount is 80 bags.