At the store 25 pencils cost $3.00, how much would 34 pencils cost?

Answer 1

Well, if 25 pencils cost $3.00, then each pencil must cost 3.00/25 or $0.12.

Since the customer wants to buy 34 pencils, we'd multiply that number by 0.12:

34(0.12) = $4.08.