Question

The total cost of 5 TVs the two vendors offer is given below:


Identify which vendor offered the lower price.

• A. Vendor A
• B. Vendor B
• C. Both vendors offered the same price.
• D. Cannot be determined

Answer 1

The correct option is A Vendor A

For Vendor A,
$\text{Total cost of 5 TV =}\$4,100$

$\text{To find out the cost of 1 TV, we have}$
$\text{to calculate the answer of}4,100÷5.$

Let us solve this through partial quotient method.

First, we write the values in the long division bracket.


Now, we find an easier multiple of the divisor 5, which is closer to the dividend 4,100.


We subtract the multiple 4,000 from the dividend 4,100 and write the partial quotients in the right column.


Let's keep repeating the process until the dividend is reduced to zero or the remainder is less than the divisor.


Now, we add all the partial quotients.

∴ The final quotient is
800 + 20 = 820

$\text{Hence, cost of 1 TV offered by Vendor A}$
$\text{is}\$820.$

Now, for Vendor B,
$\text{Total cost of 5 TV =}\$4,250$

$\text{To find out the cost of 1 TV, we have}$
$\text{to calculate the answer of}4,250÷5.$

Let us solve this through partial quotient method.

First, we write the values in the long division bracket.


Now, we find an easier multiple of the divisor 5, which is closer to the dividend 4,250.


We subtract the multiple 4,000 from the dividend 4,250 and write the partial quotients in the right column.


Let's keep repeating the process until the dividend is reduced to zero or the remainder is less than the divisor.



Now, we add all the partial quotients.

∴ The final quotient is
800 + 50 = 850

$\text{Hence, cost of 1 TV offered by}$
$\text{Vendor B is}\$850.$

Comparing the costs offered by the two vendors, we observe the following:


Thus, Vendor A offers a lower price.