Question

tony misplaced 7 stamps from his collection. He knows that each stamp of his worth $0.15 and that the total value of them is now only $5.55. write an equation to determine the number of stamps (s) that tony originally had.

Answer 1

First we multiply 7 and 0.15 to see how many he lost. We get 1.50 so now we know he lost 1.50 of his collection. we add 5.55 and 1.50 and get 7.05 we divide 7.05 by 0.15 47.

Tony had 47 stamps