Question

Zaire is back to school shopping. Pencils cost $0.30 each. He has $5. Write an equation that could help us find how many pencils he can buy.

Answer 1

5/0.30=6

Explanation:

So, you have five dollars, each pencil is thirty cents, divide five by point three zero to find how many pencils he can buy. Since you cannot buy a fraction or part of a pencil you only give the whole number part of your answer, 16