Question

You are having notices professionally printed. Design cost are $19.00. The first hundred notices cost $5.50 and additional notices are sold in hundreds for $4.95. How many notices can you have printed if you have $50 to spend?
Write a verbal equation for the problem

Answer 1

$50 - $19 = $31
$31 - $5.50 = $25.50
$4.95 ÷ $25.50 = 5
5 x 100 = 500 notices