Question

Lola is making greeting cards, which she will sell by the box at an arts fair. She paid $50 for a booth at the fair, and the materials for each box of cards cost $8. She will sell the cards for $10 per box of cards. At some point, she will sell enough cards so that her sales cover her expenditures. How many cards will that take?

Answer 1

At some point, she will sell enough cards so that her sales cover her expenditures. So, the correct answer is ($40)

How did we figure this out?

Lola is making greeting cards, which she will sell by the box at an arts fair. She paid $50 for a booth at the fair, and the materials for each box of cards cost $8. She will sell the cards for $10 per box of cards.

We are going to use 50, 8 and 10 to find are answer.

Therefore, we are going to divide the numbers:

$\boxed{50/10}$

• Division problem
• 50/10
• 8 x ? = 40

What is the missing number?

First, we need to figure out 50/10:

$\boxed{50/10=5}$

$\boxed{8x5=40}$

$5=40\\(50/10=5=8x5=40)$

Therefore, at some point, she will sell enough cards so that her sales cover her expenditures. So, the correct answer is ($40)