Sam F.

asked • 10/27/20

Ms. Heinz spent 12 dollars on 30 bus tokens for the field trip. What was the cost of 12 tokens?

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Robert M. answered • 10/27/20

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First find the cost of one token: 12/30 = .4 or 40 center per token. Check this by saying if each token is .4 times 30 tokens, then you're back at $12.

Now you can multiply any number of tokens by .4 to find the total cost: .4 x 12 = $4.80

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