SOLUTION: Ms. Sanders has a class of 16 students. She can spend $18 on each student to buy math supplies for the year. She first buys all of her students calculators, which costs a total of

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Question 890121: Ms. Sanders has a class of 16 students. She can spend $18 on each student to buy math supplies for the year. She first buys all of her students calculators, which costs a total of $108. After buying the calculators, how much does she have left to spend on each student?
Answer by Okamiden(22) About Me  (Show Source):
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If she spent 108$ for 16 students, that means she spent 108/16=6.75$ per students.
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So far, she has spent 6.75$ per students. She can spend a total of 18$ on one student, which means she has 18-6.75=11.25$ left to spend per students.
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Hope that helps.