Question
How many boxes of cookies, costing $2.50 each, can Isaiah buy if he has $12 left after spending $13 on bowling?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
First, we need to find out how much money Isaiah has available for buying cookies. He has $12 left after spending $13 on bowling.
Next, we determine how many boxes of cookies he can buy with the $12 he has. Each box of cookies costs $2.50.
To find out how many boxes of cookies he can purchase, we can divide the amount of money he has by the cost of one box:
\[
\text{Number of boxes} = \frac{\text{Total money available}}{\text{Cost per box}} = \frac{12}{2.5}
\]
Calculating this:
\[
\frac{12}{2.5} = \frac{12 \times 10}{2.5 \times 10} = \frac{120}{25} = 4.8
\]
Since he cannot buy a fraction of a box, we round down to the nearest whole number, which is 4.
Thus, Isaiah can buy **4 boxes** of cookies.
Next, we determine how many boxes of cookies he can buy with the $12 he has. Each box of cookies costs $2.50.
To find out how many boxes of cookies he can purchase, we can divide the amount of money he has by the cost of one box:
\[
\text{Number of boxes} = \frac{\text{Total money available}}{\text{Cost per box}} = \frac{12}{2.5}
\]
Calculating this:
\[
\frac{12}{2.5} = \frac{12 \times 10}{2.5 \times 10} = \frac{120}{25} = 4.8
\]
Since he cannot buy a fraction of a box, we round down to the nearest whole number, which is 4.
Thus, Isaiah can buy **4 boxes** of cookies.