Use the table to answer the question.
Cost of Pencils
Quantity Cost
($)
48 12.00
24 6.00
12 3.00
6 1.50
Determine the cost for 1 pencil.
To determine the cost for 1 pencil, we can divide the cost by the quantity.
For 48 pencils, the cost is $12.00, so the cost for 1 pencil would be $12.00/48 = $0.25.
To determine the cost for 1 pencil, we can look at the table provided. We can observe that as the quantity of pencils decreases, the cost decreases proportionally.
The cost of 48 pencils is $12.00.
The cost of 24 pencils is $6.00.
The cost of 12 pencils is $3.00.
The cost of 6 pencils is $1.50.
From this pattern, we can see that the cost is halved each time the quantity of pencils is halved. Therefore, the cost for 1 pencil would be half the cost of 6 pencils, which is $1.50 divided by 6.
Calculating this, we find that the cost for 1 pencil is $0.25.