Question

At the book store, Dan bought 14 books about the Civil War, and 8 magazines about Abraham Licoln. if each book cost $13 dollars and magazines cost $6 dollars, how much did Dan spent

Answer 1

Answer:

  $230

Step-by-step explanation:

You want to know the total cost of 14 books at $13 each and 8 magazines at $6 each.

Costs

The total cost of items will be the sum of the prices multiplied by the quantities.

  (14 books)×($13/book) +(8 mags)×($6/mag) = $182 +48 = $230

Dan spent $230 on books and magazines.

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Additional comment

You could just add up the prices:

  $13 +13 +13 +<11 more> +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 = 230.

Multiplication was invented to ease the tedium of repeated addition.