SOLUTION: Aliff spends 3/5 of his money on 2 pencils and 2 staplers. He can buy another
4 pencils with the remaining money. If he spends all his money on staplers
only, how many staplers c
Question 1188926: Aliff spends 3/5 of his money on 2 pencils and 2 staplers. He can buy another
4 pencils with the remaining money. If he spends all his money on staplers
only, how many staplers can he buy?
(1) 5
(2) 8
(3) 10
(4) 20 Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
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Aliff spends 3/5 of his money on 2 pencils and 2 staplers. He can buy another
4 pencils with the remaining money. If he spends all his money on staplers
only, how many staplers can he buy?
(1) 5
(2) 8
(3) 10
(4) 20
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Use reasoning to solve this problem.
From the problem, Aliff can buy 4 pencils with the remaining 2/5 of his money.
Hence, Aliff can buy 2 pencils for 1/5 of his money.
From the other part of the problem, it means that he can buy 2 staplers for - = of his money.
It implies that he can buy 1 stapler for 1/5 of his money.
THEREFORE, Aliff can buy 5 staplers for his money. ANSWER
