Question

Chocolate covered pretzels cost $8.50 a pound (lb). Nonpareils are $4.20 a pound (lb). Josh bought his mother 1/2 pound of the pretzels and 1/4 of a pound of nonpareils. How much did it cost? Don’t forget to add 8.25% for sales tax.

Answer 1

1/2 of $8.50 is $4.25
1/4 of $4.20 is $1.05
$5.30 w/o taxes


$5.74 is your answer