Mr. Patterson has a class of 16 students. He can spend $23 on each student to buy math supplies for the year. He first buys all of his students calculators, which costs a total of $96.16. After buying the calculators, how much does he have left to spend on each student?

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Aidyn

3 December, 14:12

Mr. Patterson has a class of 16 students. He can spend $23 on each student to buy math supplies for the year. He first buys all of his students calculators, which costs a total of $96.16. After buying the calculators, how much does he have left to spend on each student?

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Carolina · Answer 1

96.16/16 = $6.01

Since he's spent 6.01 per student already, subtract that from $23 to get how much he has left to spend on each student which is $16.99