What is the price of one extension cord if Max can buy a package of 6 for $7.26?
1 Answer
Nov 28, 2014
Since the cost of one extension cord is unknown, let us assume it to be a certain number
Six extension cords cost $7.26. We can write this as:
Cost of one cord × 6 = $7.26
That is,
Therefore, we can conclude that one extension cord costs $1.21.
I think it's useful to remember that if you're given the cost of a certain number of things, you can find out the cost of one of those things by dividing by the number of total number of things.
Say,
Then, one item would cost
Total cost of
