The actors need make-up for the play. You estimate that they will need:
 10 bottles of foundation at $5.25 each
 7 containers of eye shadow at $3.25 each
 5 tubes of lipstick at $4.75 each.

The total budget for make-up is $124.00. Find out how much you will spend for the foundation, eye
shadow, and lipstick. In addition, how many containers of face powder can you buy at $2.50 each? If you
spend less than your budget, how much money do you have left over?

Question

The actors need make-up for the play. You estimate that they will need:
 10 bottles of foundation at $5.25 each
 7 containers of eye shadow at $3.25 each
 5 tubes of lipstick at $4.75 each.

The total budget for make-up is $124.00. Find out how much you will spend for the foundation, eye
shadow, and lipstick. In addition, how many containers of face powder can you buy at $2.50 each? If you
spend less than your budget, how much money do you have left over?

rushwr · Answer

Did u try this out ?

rushwr · Answer

@surryyy So shall we go step wise?

surryyy · Answer

10 x 5.25 = 52.5
7 x 3.25 = 22.75
5 x 4.75 = 23.75

surryyy · Answer

this would be the first step right?

surryyy · Answer

@Rushwr

rushwr · Answer

yeah correct. And the 2nd step would be ?

surryyy · Answer

add 52.5 + 22.7 + 23.75?

rushwr · Answer

yes and then ?

rushwr · Answer

But the that should be 22.75 not 22.7 u got that correct in the earlier step though.

surryyy · Answer

sorry typo.

surryyy · Answer

it would be 99?

rushwr · Answer

yeah that would be 99 ! I think u got the way to do the sum !