Question

Paloma has a flower stand at a farmer’s market. On Tuesday, she sold 8 marigold flats and 10 daisy flats.
An hour before closing, she sold 5 bunches of roses at half price and 2 bunches of lilies for 13
of the price.
Evaluate a numerical expression to find out how much money Paloma made. Enter your answer in the box.

Flower Prices
Marigolds $5.75
Daisies $6.25
Roses $2.50
Lilies $3.75

$

Answer 1

Compute: 8(5.75) + 10(6.25) + 5(2.50 × 1/2) + 2(3.75 × 1/3)
= 46.00 + 62.50 + 6.25 + 2.50
= $117.25