If a bottle of 300 pills cost $17.40 … and you take 2 pills a day …
- How much is the cost per pill?
- How much is the cost per week?
- How much is the cost per month?
I'll get you started by doing the first question.
17.4/300 = $ 0.058 for each pill.
Either 5 cents or 6 cents? Not 58 cents, yes? I did come up with 5 cents. I'll answer the others in your next posting for your review. Thanks.
It's 5 and 8 tenths cent. For one pill, that would round to 6 cents. However, keep the 8 tenths for your other calculations.
To find the cost per pill, divide the total cost of the bottle by the number of pills in the bottle:
Cost per pill = Total cost ÷ Number of pills
In this case, the total cost of the bottle is $17.40 and there are 300 pills in the bottle. So, we can calculate the cost per pill as follows:
Cost per pill = $17.40 ÷ 300
Cost per pill = $0.058 or approximately $0.06.
To find the cost per week, multiply the cost per pill by the number of pills taken in a week:
Cost per week = Cost per pill × Pills taken per day × Days in a week
We are told that you take 2 pills per day. Therefore:
Cost per week = $0.06 × 2 × 7
Cost per week = $0.84 or approximately $0.84.
To find the cost per month, multiply the cost per pill by the number of pills taken in a month:
Cost per month = Cost per pill × Pills taken per day × Days in a month
Assuming a month has 30 days:
Cost per month = $0.06 × 2 × 30
Cost per month = $3.60 or approximately $3.60.