money

Danny buys 5 books at $34 each and pays for them with 10-dollar bills. How many $10 bills did it take? Calculate his total bill: Total bill = Number of books * cost per book Total bill = 5 * 34 Total bill = 170 Now calculate the number of 10-dollar bills he used: 10-dollar bills used = Total...

Write an expression for the amount of money in p pennies plus 7 dollars. Each penny is worth 0.01, so we have: 0.01p + 7d

Kerry asked a bank teller to cash 390 check using 20 bills and 50 bills. If the teller gave her a total of 15 bills, how many of each type of bill did she receive? Let t = number of 20 bills and f = number of 50 bills. We have two equations. (1) 20t + 50f = 390 (2) t + f = 15 Rearrange (2)...

Elli is purchasing 2.75 pounds of jelly beans which are priced at 4.85 per pound. How much change should she get back from a 20? The total bill is 4.85 per pound * 2.75 pounds = 13.34 Her change from a 20 is 20 - 13.34 = 6.66.

Laura spent half of her money on a necklace. She spent 14.60 of what was left having dinner with carolyn. if she had 3.90 left, how much money did she start out with? Let x equal Laura's starting money 1/2x = 14.60 + 3.90 1/2x = 18.5 Divide each side by 1/2 x = $37

We have 15 cents times 7 bananas = $1.05