Question

Sidewalk chalk comes in a pack of 24 for $2.59 Bruce takes $20 to the store and purchases as many packs of sidewalk chalk as he can with the money

After purchasing sidewalk chalk how much change your Bruce have assuming no sales tax?

note: type your answers decimal number

Answer 1

He has $1.87 change left after purchasing 7 packs of chalk.

Explanation:

20/2.59 = 7.722 approx.

So Bruce can purchase 7 packs of chalk at $2.59 each.

Change left

= 20 -7*2.59

= $1.87