Question

Given below is the cost of 5 chairs offered by two vendors.

Which vendor offers the lowest cost per chair?

• A. Vendor X
• B. Vendor Y
• C. Cannot be determined
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A Vendor X

To identify the cost per chair offered by each vendor, we have to use the division operation.

In case of Vendor X:
Number of chairs = 5
Cost offered = $\$$535

∴ Cost per chair = $\$$(535 $÷$ 5)

Let us divide the numbers using place value.

So, at first, we write the expanded form of the dividend 535.


Let's divide each of these places with the divisor 5.

After division by place value, we add all the partial quotients to get the final answer.

The final quotient here is 107.


Hence, Vendor X offers $\$$107 per chair.

Now, in case of Vendor Y:
Number of chairs = 5
Cost offered = $\$$550

∴ Cost per chair will be = $\$$(550 $÷$ 5)
Let us divide the numbers using place value.

So, at first, we write the expanded form of the dividend 550.


Let's divide each of these places with the divisor 5.



After division by place value, we add all the partial quotients to get the final answer.

The final quotient is 110.


Hence, Vendor Y offers $\$$110 per chair.


We can see that Vendor X offers the lowest cost.