Four of Professor Chaplin's students are combining their money to buy him a retirement gift. Each student puts $4 into the pot. The gift they find only ends up costing $13. Which of the following is a process the students can use to find how much change each of them will get back after they purchase the gift?

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Four of Professor Chaplin's students are combining their money to buy him a retirement gift. Each student puts $4 into the pot. The gift they find only ends up costing $13.  Which of the following is a process the students can use to find how much change each of them will get back after they purchase the gift?

anonymous · Answer

You have 4 students...each pitching in 4 dollars
so 4x4 = total amt of dollars raised
your gift costs 13 dollars, so the difference (change) is?
but remember this change is (total amount for all 4 students), to find change for each student you split it into 4