Algebra word problem

Question

Kevan is buying food for a party. He buys a package of soda for $4.89 and buys bags of chips for $1.25 each. If he can only spend $20, how many bags of chips can he buy?

Answer 1

Hello.  I can help you with the steps to solve the problem.  He has $20 total to spend.  First, deduct the price of the soda.  Then divide that answer by $1. 25 (the price of each bag of chips).  The whole number you get before the decimal is the number of bags he can get.  For example, if he has $12.20 after subtracting the price of the soda (I'm making up a number here), dividing that by $1.25 is 9.76.  So in my example he could buy 9 bags of chips.  Ignore the numbers after the decimal as you can't buy partial bags of chips.