Maya has $15 to spend. She spent $5.50, including tax, to buy a notebook. She needs to save $7.75, but she wants to buy a snack. If cookies cost $0.25 per package including tax, what inequality would show the maximum number of packages that Maya can buy? Solve your inequality by showing your work and steps.
+796 Maya has $15 to spend. She spent $5.50, including tax, to buy a notebook
$9.50 left
15-5.50=19/2=9.5
9.50-7.75=7/4=$1.75
She can spen $1 and 75¢ on the cookies
1.75/.25=7
She can buy up to 7 packs of cookies and still have $7 and 75¢ left
Travisio
+129852 She has 15 - 5.50 = 9.50 left after she buys the notebook
She needs to save 7.75
So....she can spend 9.50 - 7.75 = 1.75
So.....let N be the max number of packages of cookies she can buy and we have that
.25N ≤ 1.75 divide both sides by .25
N ≤ 1.25 /.25
N ≤ 7
She can buy up to 7 packages of cookies
