Question

David goes into a candy store with $5.00. he buys 9 peppermints for $0.15 each, and some sour candies. each sour candy costs $0.25. the maximum number of sour candies david can buy =

Answer 1

Step one. $5.00 - 9 peppermints
= $5.00 - $1.35
= $3.65
Step two. Figure out how many 25 cents are in $3.65.
$3.65 divided by .25
= 14.6 So David can buy 14 sour candies.