Question

Ms. Cohen is buying supplies for her kindergarten class room. she can spend at most $30. she wants to buy boxes of crayons that cost $2 per box. she also buys a poster for $5. mrs.Cohen wants to know how many boxes of crayons she can buy.

Answer 1

Ms. Cohen can buy 12 poxes of crayons.

Explanation:

Ms. Cohen can buy 12 boxes of crayons with the rest of her money. In the question it states she only wants to buy 1 poster not more than one so if she buys 1 poster that's

30-5-25

and than you can just count up by 2 till you get the closest to 25

25-24=1$

24/2 = 12

Hope this helps.