Question

Julie spent $142 on dinners for the youth-group party. She spent $77 on chicken dinners and the rest on pasta dinners. The pasta dinners cost $5 each. How many pasta dinners did Julie buy?

(1 point)
Julie bought
pasta dinners.

Answer 1

To find out how many pasta dinners Julie bought, we can start by calculating how much she spent on pasta dinners.

1. **Total spent on dinners:** $142
2. **Spent on chicken dinners:** $77

Now, we can find out how much she spent on pasta dinners:

\[
\text{Amount spent on pasta} = \text{Total spent} - \text{Spent on chicken}
\]
\[
\text{Amount spent on pasta} = 142 - 77 = 65
\]

Now that we know Julie spent $65 on pasta dinners and each pasta dinner costs $5, we can find the number of pasta dinners by dividing the total amount spent on pasta by the cost per pasta dinner:

\[
\text{Number of pasta dinners} = \frac{\text{Amount spent on pasta}}{\text{Cost per pasta dinner}} = \frac{65}{5} = 13
\]

Thus, Julie bought **13 pasta dinners**.