There is a 25 cent discount per apple if 4 are purchased. Eve was making apple pie this weekend and bought 12 apples for $15. To find the original price of each apple, which represents the operation done first when solving arithmetically?(1 point)

Question

Responses

divide 12 by 15
divide 12 by 15

add 0.25
add 0.25

subtract 0.25
subtract 0.25

divide 15 by 12

Answer 1

To find the original price of each apple, after considering the discount for buying 4 or more, you first need to determine the effective price per apple without the discount. Since Eve bought 12 apples for $15, the operation that should be done first in this context is dividing the total cost by the number of apples to find the effective price per apple, which is:

divide 15 by 12

So, the correct response is: divide 15 by 12.