Anybody Want to Solve a 3rd Grade Math Problem?

I'm grading my brother's homework...

It says:

Robert buys 7 bags of marbles. He gives the clerk $20 and gets $6 back. How much does one bag of marbles cost?

Like I don't know if this is a simple problem and I'm just overthinking it? IDK...

So um yeah...He put 20-6=14. And then, 14/7=7. Then he said the answer was $7.00...it just doesn't seem right...

Like, 7x7=49 so the answer just seems illogical but I can't think of what the right answer is even though I'm a sophomore in high school and in freaking geometry class...so yeah, help?

Please??

Pretty please with sugar on top?

"The physical appearance of the please makes no difference." ~Despicable Me <3
April 24th, 2014 at 11:55pm