Is it REASONABLE?

October 13, 2014

What does it mean to be reasonable?

Mary has 30 dollars. She wants to buy 3 shirts that cost $10.08 each. Can she buy these

shirts?

Darlene has $48.98 She is wants to buy five books that are $10 each. Will Darlene be able

to buy all five of the books?

Carlton is going to buy 7 pairs of sunglasses to give as gifts to his friends. They will cost 13.50 each. He has $97.89 in his bank account. Will

he be able to buy all 7 pairs of sunglasses?

Dario received $85 for his birthday. He wants to use the money to buy concert tickets. If the

tickets cost $18 each, how many tickets can Dario purchase?

Bart has $37.00 that he got from working at the movie theatre. He wants to buy some cd’s that

are $7.50 each. How many cd’s can he buy?

Petrice is going to buy binders. She needs one for each of her 6 classes. She knows they are

$6.25 each. She has $38.00 in her bank account. How many binders will she be able to

get?

Edith is buying apples for an apple pie recipe her mother gave her. She knows she needs 4 ½ apples for the recipe. How many apples will she buy?

There are 14 slices of cake in each cake from Food Lion. Robin is buying chocolate cake for her birthday party next week. She knows that there are 50 people coming to her party. How

many cakes does she need to order?

Sarah is ordering pizza for her family. She knows that there are 6 people and everyone is going to eat 3 slices of pizza. If there are eight slices in each pizza, how many will she need to

order?

Angeles is buying a bags of jelly beans for her sleepover. She knows that her friends will each eat 1/5 bags of jelly beans. If she has 6 friends

coming over. How many bags of jelly beans will she need to buy?