Question

A person wants to purchase a pair of shoes and some pairs of socks. He has less than $121 to

spend. If a pair of shoes costs $30 and each pair of socks costs $8, what is the maximum
number of pairs of socks he can purchase?

Answer 1

the answer is 11

first you need to subtract 30 from 121 since you want one pair of shoes

then to know how many socks you can have divide 91 (the result) and 8 (the price of the socks)

and you can only buy 11

(the more detailed answer is 11.375)