Question

kelly is hanging shelves in her closet. She can buy sheleves for $1.25 a foot. Kelly buys one 5-foot shelf and a shelf that measure 24 inches. The rest of her materials cost $90. How much change will she get it she pay with $100? please explain and show your work

Answer 1

The 24 inch shelve is 2 feet ( 1 foot = 12 inches)

She bout 7 feet of shelves (5 + 2 = 7)

The total cost for the shelves was 7 x 1.25 = $8.75

She spend an additional 90 so her total spent was 90 + 8.75 = $98.75

Now subtract her total from 100 to find the amount of change:

100 - 98.75 = 1.25

The change was $1.25