Question

The math department needs to buy new textbooks and laptops for the computer science classroom. The textbooks cost $116.00 each, and the laptops cost $439.00 each. If the math department has $6,500 to spend and purchases 30 textbooks, how many laptops can they buy

Answer 1

6 laptops

Explanation:

First, find the amount spent on the textbooks:

30(116)

= 3480

Subtract this from the total amount they have to spend:

6500 - 3480

= 3020

Divide this amount by 439 to find how many laptops they can buy:

3020/439

= 6.8

Round down to 6 since you can only have full laptops:

= 6

So, they can buy 6 laptops