How Many Of Each?

Pens cost 18p each,
Pencils cost 6p each.

Joseph spent 60p altogether.

How many pens and pencils did he buy?

Dishes cost £1.38 each,
Plates cost £1.07 each.

William spent £7.35 on dishes and plates.

How many of each did he buy?

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Extension

If students have access to computing devices you may wish to try solving the following?

Sandwiches cost £1.07 each,

Drinks cost £1.86 each.

David spent £52.28 on sandwiches and drinks.

How many of each did he buy?

[Assume that at least one of each of the items was bought]

You may wish to use a spreadsheet or write a program on a graphing calculator:

  A B C D E F G H I J K
1   Sandwiches                
2 Drinks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 1 £2.93 £4.00 £5.07 £6.14 £7.21 £8.28 £9.35 £10.42 £11.49 £12.56
4 2 £4.79 £5.86 £6.93 £8.00 £9.07 £10.14 £11.21 £12.28 £13.35 £14.42
5 3 £6.65 £7.72 £8.79 £9.86 £10.93 £12.00 £13.07 £14.14 £15.21 £16.28
6 4 £8.51 £9.58 £10.65 £11.72 £12.79 £13.86 £14.93 £16.00 £17.07 £18.14
7 5 £10.37 £11.44 £12.51 £13.58 £14.65 £15.72 £16.79 £17.86 £18.93 £20.00
8 6 £12.23 £13.30 £14.37 £15.44 £16.51 £17.58 £18.65 £19.72 £20.79 £21.86
9 7 £14.09 £15.16 £16.23 £17.30 £18.37 £19.44 £20.51 £21.58 £22.65 £23.72
10 8 £15.95 £17.02 £18.09 £19.16 £20.23 £21.30 £22.37 £23.44 £24.51 £25.58
11 9 £17.81 £18.88 £19.95 £21.02 £22.09 £23.16 £24.23 £25.30 £26.37 £27.44
12 10 £19.67 £20.74 £21.81 £22.88 £23.95 £25.02 £26.09 £27.16 £28.23 £29.30

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