Question

When Sharon began shopping this morning, she had $40.00. She purchased five paperback books and had lunch. The books were all the same price, and lunch cost $3.25. She now has $7.00 left over. What was the price of each of the books

Answer 1

$5.95. $40 - ($7.00 + $3.25) = 29.75 | Since you have 5 paperback books that all cost the same, you divide 29.75 by 5 and get the answer of $5.95 for each.

Answer 2

Frist you have $40.00. Then you subtract $3.25 and you get $36.75. Then you subtract $7.00 and you get $29.75. Then you divide that by 5 and get $5.95. So the answer is $5.95 ;)