SOLUTION: A deli is offering a special for its sandwiches. A customer will receive three free sandwiches for every five sandwiches purchased. Jane ordered 619 sandwiches for an office party

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Question 1206724: A deli is offering a special for its sandwiches. A customer will receive three free sandwiches for every five sandwiches purchased. Jane ordered 619 sandwiches for an office party at a large company. How many sandwiches did Jane have to pay for?
Found 4 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps, ikleyn, MathLover1:
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Answer by greenestamps(13206)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


For each group of 5+3=8 sandwiches, she pays for 5.

619/8 = 77 remainder 3

She bought 77 groups of 8 sandwiches each; in each of those 77 groups she paid for 5.Then she paid for the remaining 3 sandwiches.

ANSWER: 77*5+3=385+3=388
Answer by ikleyn(52864)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A deli is offering a special for its sandwiches. A customer will receive three free sandwiches
for every five sandwiches purchased. Jane ordered 619 sandwiches for an office party at a large company.
How many sandwiches did Jane have to pay for?
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Divide 619 by (3+5) = 8 :  619:8 = 77*8 + 3.


For each group of 8 sandwiches, Jane pays for only 5; the rest 3 of this group she gets for free.


So, Jane pays for 5*77 + 3 = 388 sandwiches, only.

Solved.



Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


three free sandwiches for every five sandwiches purchased
group of sandwiches
if Jane ordered sandwiches, then
which means Jane ordered times group of sandwiches and sandwiches are left to be paid

she paid for sandwiches and got free
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