Ms. Jones is selling pencils for $0.25 per pencil. Write an equation that can be used to find c the cost in dollars of buying p, pencils.

Answer 1

.25P = C

.25 (25 cents) multiplied by the number of pencils (p) you are buying equals the total cost (c).

Example. If I want to buy 2 pencils and they each cost .25, I would pay the cashier .50.

.25 X 2 = C

.25 X 2 = .50