Question

11. A teacher goes to the market to buy notebooks for her class. She goes to a book shop and ask for the
rate of the notebooks. The shopkeeper tells her the rate as 8 for rs 200. She goes to another book shop
and there she finds that the same kind of 10 notebooks can be bought for
rs 200. she buys 80 notebooks from this shop
(a) Find the cost of 1 notebook in the first shop.
(b) Find the cost of 1 notebook in the second shop.
(c) What amount of money did the teacher pay?
(d) By purchasing the notebooks from the second shop, which value did the teacher depict​

Answer 1

a) The cost of one notebook in the first shop is 200/8 = 25 rupees

b) the cost of one notebook in the second shop is 200/10 = 20 rupees

c) She bought it for 80 × 20 = 1600 rupees

d) the value showed by her is that she is spendthrift , and encourages to save money.

Answer 2

Answer:

a) cost of 8 books in first shop was = 200

so, cost of each book = 200/8 = Rs.25

b) cost of 10 books in second shop was = 200

so, cost of each book = 200/10 = Rs.20

C) Now, we know that she bought 80 books from second shop , so, total price he gave = 80*20 = Rs.1600

D) The value Teacher depict = 80(25-20) = Rs.400 (Ans)