Problema Solution
Stephanie is trying to estimate the cost of gift baskets that she is going to give her 4 friends. She knows that baskets cost $5.85 each, candles cost $1.85 each, and candy bars cost $0.96 each. She is also going to get everyone a restaurant gift card for $5.00.
Each basket will include the following:
One basket
Two candles
Three candy bars
One gift card
Estimate how much money she will spend on all the gift baskets.
Answer provided by our tutors
Lets do the estimate
One basket: $5
Two candles: 2*2 = $4
Three candy bars: 3*1 = $3
One gift card: $5.00
she will spend about $17 on 1 gift basket
and 4 gift baskets will cost about 4*17 = $68.