Question

Yolanda is buying supplies for school. She buys n packages of pencils at $1.40 per package and m pads of paper at $1.20 each. What does each term in the expression 1.4n+ 1.2m represent? What does the entire expression represent?

Answer 1

1.4n will represent the price for (n) packs of pencils

1.2m will represents the price for (m) packs of paper

1.4n+1.2m as a whole, will represent her total cost.