Advanced MathEasyTotal cost of two kinds of item
Advanced Math practice question
Shirts cost s dollars each and hats cost h dollars each. Which expression gives the total cost of 3 shirts and 2 hats?
- A. 3s + 2hCorrect
- B. 5sh
- C. 3h + 2s
- D. s + h + 5
Answer: A. 3s + 2h
3 shirts cost 3s and 2 hats cost 2h; add them.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 5sh
- Multiplying the prices makes no sense here.
- C. 3h + 2s
- The counts are attached to the wrong prices.
- D. s + h + 5
- The counts must multiply the prices, not be added on.
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