Question

Claire wants to buy an assortment of candy. She has $7.50 to spend in the candy store. She buys a chocolate bar for $1.50. She then spends the rest of her money on lollipops which cost $0.75 each. How many lollipops did Claire buy?

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Answers

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To determine how many lollipops Claire can buy, we first need to calculate how much money she has left after buying the chocolate bar.

1. **Total money Claire has**: $7.50
2. **Cost of the chocolate bar**: $1.50

Now, we subtract the cost of the chocolate bar from her total money:

\[
7.50 - 1.50 = 6.00
\]

So, after buying the chocolate bar, Claire has $6.00 left.

Next, we need to find out how many lollipops Claire can buy with the remaining money. Each lollipop costs $0.75.

To find the number of lollipops, we divide the remaining money by the cost of one lollipop:

\[
\text{Number of lollipops} = \frac{6.00}{0.75}
\]

Calculating that gives:

\[
\frac{6.00}{0.75} = 8
\]

Therefore, Claire can buy 8 lollipops.

The answer is:

8