Marty plans to make an alien costume for a party. he needs 7/8 yard of fabric and 1 1/2 yards of aluminum foil for the costume. fabric costs $5 per yard. will the fabric needed to make the costume cost more than $5 or less than $5

Rewrite the following without an exponent. (5/8)-1

Michelle had a birthday party. she bought a bag of candy with 96 starbursts, 72 hershey's, and 68 reese's. she wants to use all the candy she bought to make goody bags with the same amount of starbursts, hershey's and reese's in each bag. what is the largest number of bags she can make?

Solve with work both bert and ernie received an increase in their weekly salaries. bert's salary increased from $520 to $520. ernie's salary went from $580 to $645. find the percent of increase for each salary. what was the larger of the two percents ?