Question

The State Board of Education has $1,119 to buy new calculators. Each calculator costs $2. After buying as many calculators as it can with its budget, how much money will the State Board of Education have left over?

Answer 1

To find out how many calculators the State Board of Education can buy, we divide the total budget by the cost of each calculator.

The total budget is $1,119 and each calculator costs $2.

\[
\text{Number of calculators} = \frac{\text{Total budget}}{\text{Cost of each calculator}} = \frac{1119}{2} = 559.5
\]

Since the State Board cannot buy half a calculator, we round down to the nearest whole number:

\[
\text{Number of calculators bought} = 559
\]

Next, we calculate the total cost for 559 calculators:

\[
\text{Total cost for calculators} = 559 \times 2 = 1118
\]

Now we find out how much money will be left over after buying the calculators:

\[
\text{Money left over} = \text{Total budget} - \text{Total cost for calculators} = 1119 - 1118 = 1
\]

Therefore, the State Board of Education will have \(\boxed{1}\) dollar left over.