Welcome to the Problem Of the Day! In our morning math class, we often begin with a math problem we call the Problem Of the Day (a.k.a. the P.O.D.). I thought we could try this on the blog today to change things up. I will post the correct answer in the comments section tomorrow morning (as well as any posted comments from bloggers thinking they know the correct answer). As I won't do this until the morning, people won't be able to see other bloggers comments and be able to borrow their ideas. I think you get the point. So, have at it and we'll see who can figure this out. Best of luck and thanks for your efforts.
P.O.D.
I bought the plates for the MCA snacks at 70 % off the price listed. The price on the yellow sales tag reads $4.99. How much did I pay for two sets of 16 plates? Post your work in the comments section and check back tomorrow after 9:30 a.m. to see if you were right. Enjoy your day!
There were no people brave enough to comment on the P.O.D. The get the correct answer one would need to find out what either 70% or $4.99 would be (take calculator and times 4.99 by 0.7 = 3.493 rounded to 3.49) and take that from the original price (4.99-3.49 = 1.50). There were two sets of plates so your total would be (1.50 +1.50= 3.00) $3.00. There are other ways to do this, but $3.00 would be the correct answer (which means I saved about $7.00 of the original price. Thanks to all who tried (wait... no one tried!) Thanks to no one!
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