The Salem library has $616 to buy science magazines. If each magazine costs $8, how many magazines will the library be able to buy?

Answer 1

To determine how many magazines the Salem library can buy, you divide the total amount of money the library has by the cost of each magazine.

The formula is:

$$\text{Number of magazines}=\frac{\text{Total money}}{\text{Cost per magazine}}$$

Substituting the known values:

$$\text{Number of magazines}=\frac{616}{8}$$

Now, performing the division:

$$\frac{616}{8}=77$$

Therefore, the Salem library will be able to buy 77 magazines.