Question

For the three-part question that follows, provide your answer to each part in the given workspace. Identify each part with a coordinating response. Be sure to clearly label each part of your response as Part A, Part B, and Part C. Cheryl told her kids they could have a Halloween party at the house for their friends this year. She told them that the budget for the party is $200. They must use the budget for both the decorations and the food. They have already purchased the food, and the total cost of the food was $75. Part A: How much money do the kids have left in their budget to buy the decorations for the party? Part B: Cheryl takes the kids to the store to purchase decorations. They choose 5 large pumpkins for $5.50 each, a package of fake, foam gravestones for $10.75, 10 Halloween luminaries for $2.50 each, 4 packages of cotton spiderwebs for $3.99 each, and 7 hanging plastic spiders for $5.99 each. How much did they spend on the decorations? Part C: At the register, the kids see a ghost decoration for $12.99. Do they have enough money to buy the ghost decoration?

Answer 1

Part A.

The budget for the party is: $200.

Since they spend $75 in the food, the money that they have left in their budget is:

$200-75=125$

Answer for part A: $125

Part B.

The list of the decorations they bought is:

5 large pumpkins for $5.50 each, which is a total of:

$5\times5.50=27.5$

$27.5 on pumpkins.

A package of fake gravestones for $10.75

10 Halloween luminaries for $2.50, which is a total of:

$10\times2.5=25$

$25 on halloween luminaries.

4 packages of cotton spiderwebs for $3.99 each, which is a total of:

$4\times3.99=15.96$

$15.96 on spiderwebs.

7 hanging plastic spiders for $5.99 each, which is a total of:

$7\times5.99=41.93$

$41.93 on plastic spiders

How much did they spend on the decorations? We add all of the costs to get the total of money they spend:

$27.5+10.75+25+15.96+41.93=121.14$

Answer for Part B: $121.14 on decorations

Part C.

After the food, they had $125 left, so after the decorations they have left:

$125-121.14=3.86$

Thus, they don't have enough money for the $12.99 ghost decoration