How much money does Elena need to buy these items

Question

The school store sells pencils for $0.30 each, hats for $14.50 each, and binders for $3.20 each. Elena would like buy 3 pencils, a hat, and 2 binders.

Answer 1

Hi!

You would multiply each cost by how many of those items Elena would want. So if she wants 3 pencils, and each pencil is $0.30 each, then 3 times $0.30 would give you how much Elena would need to buy the pencils which is $0.90.

1 hat at $14.50 would be $14.50, and 2 binders times $3.20 for each binder would give you $6.40.

$0.90+$14.50+$6.40= $21.80