Usha paid $24 for one blouse and one shirt. The shirt costs 5 times as much as the blouse.
- How much did the blouse cost?
- How much more did the shirt cost than the blouse?
(a)
Cost of the blouse = 1 u
Cost of the shirt = 5 u
Total cost of the blouse and the shirt
= 1 u + 5 u
= 6 u
6 u = 24
1 u = 24 ÷ 6 = 4
Cost of the blouse = $4
(b)
Cost of the shirt more than the blouse
= 5 u - 1 u
= 4 u
= 4 x 4
= $16
Answer(s): (a) $4; (b) $16