Question

Tony and Mario went to the store to buy school supplies. Tony bought 3 packs of pencils for $4 each and a pencil box for $7. Mario bought 4 binders for $6 each and used a coupon for $6 off . Who spent more money ?

Answer 1

Tony because he spent $19 while Mario spent $18. To explain, you would multiply 3 by $4 because Tony bought 3 of the $4 packs of pencils. Therefore, he would have spent $12. In addition, add $7 to $12, you get $19. On the other hand, Mario bout 4 of the $6 binders. That would mean he spent $24 on binders However, he had a $6 coupon which means he can take $6 off the total price of $24. That would mean subtracting $6 from $24. That would get Mario $18