Question

Jared bought 6 apples for $0.50 each and a loaf of breadat the store. He spent a total of $9.00. How much was thecost of the bread? Write an equation and solve.

Answer 1

We now that Jared bought 6 apples and bread, and each apple cost $ 0.50, in total he spent $9.00.

So the unknown value is the cost of bread that we call x, so the equation is:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Total cost = Bread Cost + Apples Cost} \\ 9=x+0.5\cdot6 \\ 9=x+3 \\ x=9-3 \\ x=6 \end{gathered}`

The total cost is the cost of bread (x) and the cost of apples ( 6 * 0.5).

The bread cost $ 6.00.