IXL | Multiply money amounts: multi-step word problems

Kevin and his mom love to ride the bumper boats at Topsy Turvy Park. Kevin's mom bought 4 tickets so they could each ride twice. The tickets cost $4.50 each. She gave the ticket seller a twenty-dollar bill. How much change should Kevin's mom receive?

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Andy is going on a road trip through the United States. He buys 6 postcards along the way to send to his pen pal in Mexico. Each postcard he buys costs $2.50, and each will cost $1.20 to mail to his pen pal. How much money will Andy spend in all to buy and mail the postcards?

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You want to find how much money Andy will spend in all to buy and mail the postcards.

The cost to buy and mail each postcard is the same amount. So, add to find the total cost to buy and mail one postcard.

It costs $3.70 to buy and mail one postcard.

Then, multiply the cost to buy and mail one postcard by the number of postcards.

Andy will spend $22.20 in all to buy and mail the postcards.

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