{"id":226112,"date":"2025-06-04T21:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T21:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=226112"},"modified":"2025-06-04T21:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T21:04:43","slug":"a-small-toy-car-costs-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/04\/a-small-toy-car-costs-3\/","title":{"rendered":"A small toy car costs $3."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A small toy car costs $3. A large toy car costs 5 times as much as the small one. Aaron wants to buy one of each. Which equation can he use to find the cost (a) of the two cars? 5 \\times a = $3 + $3 (5 \\times $3) \\div 3 = a $3 + (5 \\times $3) = a 5 \\times ($3 + $3) = a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Equation:<\/strong> 3+(5\u00d73)=a\\boxed{3 + (5 \\times 3) = a}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this problem, Aaron wants to buy <strong>one small toy car<\/strong> and <strong>one large toy car<\/strong>. We are told:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A small toy car costs <strong>$3<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A large toy car costs <strong>5 times as much<\/strong> as the small one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down step by step:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cost of the small toy car<\/strong> = $3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cost of the large toy car<\/strong> = 5 \u00d7 $3 = $15<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaron wants to buy <strong>one of each<\/strong>, so we add the cost of both cars: Total&nbsp;cost&nbsp;a=Cost&nbsp;of&nbsp;small&nbsp;car+Cost&nbsp;of&nbsp;large&nbsp;car\\text{Total cost } a = \\text{Cost of small car} + \\text{Cost of large car} a=3+(5\u00d73)a = 3 + (5 \\times 3) a=3+15=18a = 3 + 15 = 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the correct equation to represent the total cost Aaron will pay is: 3+(5\u00d73)=a\\boxed{3 + (5 \\times 3) = a}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s examine why the <strong>other options<\/strong> are <strong>incorrect<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>5 \u00d7 a = $3 + $3<\/strong>: This says that 5 times the total cost equals $6. That doesn&#8217;t make sense based on the problem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>(5 \u00d7 $3) \u00f7 3 = a<\/strong>: This calculates $15 \u00f7 3 = $5, which doesn&#8217;t relate to the total cost of both cars. It\u2019s a wrong operation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>5 \u00d7 ($3 + $3) = a<\/strong>: This multiplies the sum of two small cars by 5: 5 \u00d7 6 = $30, which is much higher than the actual cost and implies buying multiple cars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Only the equation 3+(5\u00d73)=a\\boxed{3 + (5 \\times 3) = a} correctly represents <strong>one small toy car ($3)<\/strong> plus <strong>one large toy car (5 \u00d7 $3 = $15)<\/strong>. So, the total cost a=18a = 18 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner9-49.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226113\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small toy car costs $3. A large toy car costs 5 times as much as the small one. Aaron wants to buy one of each. 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