Question

Your parents gave you $20 to spend at the book fair. You are getting the new Diary of the Wimpy kid book that costs $8.99/ If pencils and erasers cost $0.79 each, what is the maximum you can buy with the money provided?

Answer 1

You can buy a maximum of 13 erasers/pencils.

Explanation:

Your total is 20 dollars. The book cost 8.99, so you take away that amount from 20, getting you 11.01. You have $11.01 left. Then you divide your total (11.01) by the price of each eraser (0.79). This gets you 13.9367088608. Since thats not an even number, you have to round down because you don't want a broken pencil?eraser.