You are going shopping for school supplies. Between what you have saved and what you have been given, you have $300 to use to bu
y back-to-school items. You decide to plan ahead to figure out how to best spend your money. There are many items you would like to purchase, and you want to make sure that you can get everything you need as well as some of the things you want. You know that you must buy a calculator. The calculator you need costs $27.95 including tax. You also need some binders. Each binder costs $12.55 including tax. If you buy only the calculator and binders, write an inequality that you could use to determine how many binders you could buy. How many binders could you buy along with the calculator? What kind of number should your answer be—an integer, a fraction, or a decimal? Why? Do regular rounding rules apply here? Why or why not? You decide you need 5 binders and you also need some book covers. Each book cover costs $4.98 including tax. If you buy the calculator, 5 binders, and some book covers, write an inequality that you could use to determine how many book covers you could buy.How many book covers could you buy along with the calculator and binders? What kind of number should your answer be?
