Question

Mr. Spears was purchasing supplies for his math class. he has $25 dollars to spend. mechanical pencils and erasers come in bundles of 10. each eraser costs $0.50. fill in the missing place to complete the equation of how much the pencils cost

Answer 1

Let's assume the cost of each bundle of mechanical pencils is $x.

Since each bundle of mechanical pencils comes in a bundle of 10, the cost of a single mechanical pencil would be $x/10.

To find the total cost of pencils, we need to multiply the cost of a single pencil by the number of pencils (10).

Therefore, the equation to represent the cost of the pencils is:

Total cost of pencils = (cost of a single pencil) * (number of pencils)
25 = (x/10) * (10)

Simplifying the equation, we have:
25 = x

Therefore, the cost of the pencils is $25.