If pencils sell at 6 for 59 cents, how many pencils can be bought for $2.95?
1 Answer
So $2.95 will purchase 30 pencils
Explanation:
1 cent purchases
so 295 cents purchases
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Note that $2.95 is the same value as 295 cents
Initial condition
But we need
So we have:
So we need to change the 59 into 295. We do this by
If we multiply the bottom by
So $2.95 will purchase 30 pencils
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