Sale: 4 bags of chips for 6$ what is the coast for each bag

Question

I really don't understand how to do it. I got really confused.

Answer 1

Hi Alynna!

Imagine you're at the store and want to buy some chips. You can buy 4 bags of chips for 6 dollars. When the question asks you for the cost of EACH bag it is saying "how much money would it cost to buy just 1 bag?"

In this case there are 4 bags for $6, but if you only wanted to buy 2 bags the cost would be $3. Similarly for just 1 bag the cost would be $1.50.

A way to write the expression mathematically would be 6 divided by 4 is 1.5, or 6/4 = 1.5

Answer 2

You need to divide to find the cost of one bag.

$6.00/4 bags = $1.50/1 bag