Question

5. At a local store you find the following prices listed: Tape 2 rolls for $1.28 Notepads 3 pads for .87 Highlighters 1 for 1.59 Pens 2 for 1.98 How much would you pay for one roll of tape, two note pads, two highlighters, and two pens? A. $5.72 B. $6.38 C. $4.50 D. $8.07

Answer 1

The answer to the question above is $6.38

Answer 2

To find the cost of one roll of tape, we divide the given price by 2 because the given price is for twice the number of rolls that we want.
$1.28/2 = $0.64
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To find the cost of two note pads, we first divide the given price by 3 because we want to know how much one note pad costs.
$0.87/3 = $0.29
Each note pad is 29 cents. Since we want to note pads, we double this amount.
$0.29*2 = $0.58
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One highlighter costs $1.59. We want two of them, so we double this amount.
$1.59*2 = $3.18
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We want two boxes of ink catridges, and we are told that two boxes cost $1.98.
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Let's total the amounts:
$0.64 + $0.58 + $3.18 + $1.98 = $6.38
We would pay $6.38 for these seven items.