skylar bought seven books for $87.50. How much did each book cost.
You have two numbers. What should you do with them?
add?
subtract?
multiply?
divide?
What answer do you get? Does it make sense?
To find out how much each book cost, you can divide the total amount spent by the number of books purchased. In this case, Skylar bought seven books for a total of $87.50. To calculate the cost per book, divide $87.50 by 7.
So, each book cost $12.50.