Question

Buying in Bulk Minh spent $\$6.25$on five sticker books to give his nephews. Find the cost of each sticker book.

Short answer

The cost of each sticker book is,$\$1.25$.

Step-by-step solution

Step1.Given that,

Total number of sticker book$=5$.

The cost of five sticker book is, $\$6.25$.

We need to find the cost of one sticker book.

Let the cost of one sticker book be$\$x$.

Step2.Find the cost of one sticker book.

The formula used in this problem is,

The cost of one sticker book $\times$the total number of sticker book$=\$6.25$

Substitute the known values in the formula.

$x\times 5=6.25$

Now solve the above equation.

$$\begin{gathered} x=\frac{6.25}{5} \\ =1.25 \end{gathered}$$

Step3.Let us check the answer.

$$\begin{gathered} 1.25\times 5=6.25 \\ 6.25=6.25 \end{gathered}$$

which is true.

Therefore, the cost of each sticker book is, $\$1.25$.