A Pencil and a Sticker
Alignments to Content Standards:
2.OA.A.1
Task
A pencil costs 59 cents, and a sticker costs 20 cents less. How much do a pencil and a sticker cost together?
Solution
The pencil costs 59 cents, and the sticker costs 20 cents less than that:
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So the sticker costs 59-20 = 39 cents.
The cost of the two together:
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is 59 + 39 = 98 cents.
A Pencil and a Sticker
A pencil costs 59 cents, and a sticker costs 20 cents less. How much do a pencil and a sticker cost together?