Hannah's mother gave her $13.32 with which to buy a present.This covered 33/55 of the cost. How much did the present cost?

Question

Solving one-step eqaution word problem

Answer 1

total cost × (33/55) = $13.32

 

Another way to think about it is that "33/55 of the present costs $13.32." The equation above has one variable (total cost) that you can now solve for. Remember "of" = multiply when translating word problems to math operations.