Sunday elementary school is having its annual read a thon. the third graders have read 573 books so fair. their goal is to read more than 900 books. what is the least number of books they need to read to read to reach their goal? explain

Acomputer store buys a computer system at a cost of $370.80. the selling price was first at $ 618, but then the store advertised a 20 % markdown on the system. answer parts a and b. a. find the current sale price.

Tyler went to the supermarket to buy food for a food pantry. he has $36, and can carry up to 20 pounds of food in his backpack. pasta costs $1 for a 1-pound package. pasta sauce costs $3 for a 1.5 pound jar. let x = the number of packages of pasta and y = the number of jars of pasta sauce. one package of pasta is the right amount to go with one jar of pasta sauce. what is the best numbers of packages of pasta and jars of pasta sauce to buy for the food pantry? how many packages of pasta? how many jars of pasta sauce? explain your reasoning.

27/9=18/x a. x=9 b. x=18 c. x=6 d.x=3