Question

VGeorge has $15. He tries to buy a movie ticket ($9.00), a pretzel ($2.65), a drink ($1.35), and two veggie cups ($1.74 each) but he does not have enough money. Look at the numerical expression George used: 15 − 9 + 2.65 + 1.35 + 2(1.74) Can you help him determine why he does not have enough money?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

George only has $15 dollars left. He spend $9.00 on a movie ticket and $2.65 on a pretzel. $9.00 - $2.65 would leave him with $6.35. Then, George decided to buy a drink for $1.35. George then wanted to get two veggie cups both for the price of $1.74, but if you subtract $1.35 - $1.74 thus would leave him with $0.39 and he wouldn't have enough money to buy both veggie cups. If George had $1.38 left then he would have enough to buy both veggie cups.

Answer 2

Given:

George has $15.

He tries to buy a movie ticket ($9.00), a pretzel ($2.65), a drink ($1.35), and two veggie cups ($1.74 each) but he does not have enough money.

George used: 15 − 9 + 2.65 + 1.35 + 2(1.74)

To find:

Why he does not have enough money.

Solution:

Money her has = $15

All the expenses movie ticket ($9.00), a pretzel ($2.65), a drink ($1.35), and two veggie cups ($1.74 each) must be subtracted from the money he has instead of adding these values.

George add the cost of pretzel ($2.65), a drink ($1.35), and two veggie cups ($1.74 each), therefore, he does not have enough money.

Remaining Amount =
`15-9-2.65-1.35-2(1.74)`

`=15-9-2.65-1.35-3.48`

`=15-16.48`

`=-1.48`

Remaining money cannot be negative. Here expenses are more than the money he has. Therefore, he does not have enough money.