Weekly Challenge
October 11-15, 2004
I bought an apple and a banana altogether for 20 cents.
If the banana cost 2 cents more than the apple, how much did each piece
of fruit cost?
Show your work.
For 4th and 5th graders: If I bought a bag of apples and a bunch of bananas
for a total of $3.68, and the bag of apples cost 90 cents more than the bunch
of bananas, how much did the bananas cost?
Hint: Make a table and use guess and test strategy.