Question

A store has sour smiles candy bags on sale $8.00 for 12 bags.susan wats to buy 30 for her class

how much will it cost

$10

$20

$30

$45

Answer 1

8 divided by 12 times 30 = 20.

A quicker way is to realise 12 and 30 are multiples of 6. So you can divide 8 by 2 (4) and multiply by 5 = 20.