Question

You want to buy seeds to plant a tomato garden. You have $15 to buy the seeds. Each seed package costs $1.25. We will let p equal the number of seed packets you can buy. Write an equation you can use to find out how many seed packets p you can buy.

Answer 1

15 divided by 1.25 = p

Answer 2

$15/$1.25 = p
p = 12
(/ means divide the numbers on either side)