IXL - Multi-step word problems (Algebra 1 practice)

Paula invited some friends to dinner, and she plans to make fajitas. At the grocery store, she spends $2.56 on red bell peppers and $1.92 on green bell peppers. If both types of bell peppers cost $1.60 per pound, how many total pounds of bell peppers does she buy?

Write your answer as a whole number or decimal.

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Bernie helped design a magician costume for a school play. He used 5.75 feet of ribbon for the magician's wand. He used 11.75 feet of the same ribbon to decorate the magician's robe. If Bernie used $10.50 of ribbon in all, how much did the ribbon cost per foot?

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You need to find how much the ribbon cost per foot. Since you know the total cost, start by finding how much ribbon Bernie used in all.

Bernie used 5.75 feet of ribbon for the magician's wand. He also used 11.75 feet of ribbon for the magician's robe.

Bernie used 17.5 feet of ribbon in all.

Now divide to find how much the ribbon cost per foot. The total cost was $10.50, and Bernie used 17.5 feet of ribbon.

Start by moving the decimal point 1 place to the right in both the divisor and the dividend. This makes the divisor a whole number.

10.50

17.5

105.0

175

Divide.

			0	.	6
175	1	0	5	.	0
– 1		0	5		0
					0

The ribbon cost $0.60 per foot.

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