Josh bought 4 pairs of $12 jeans. He also bought three shirts that were $12 each minus a $2
clearance discount on each shirt. Finally he made a stop to get cookies for his party. The cookies
cost $5 per dozen and he needed 4 dozen. Which expression represents Josh's purchases? What
was Josh's total money spent?

he spent $98

Step-by-step explanation:

because we know that josh had bought 4 pairs of $12 jeans, we just have to multiply 4 by 12.  this gets us to 48.  so we know that josh already has spent $48.  he also bought 3 shirts that were $12 each.  however, each were on a clearance discount.  meaning that each shirt was $10.  so we would multiply 3 by $10 to get $30.  so we add $30 and $48 to get how much he has spent so far.  30+48 is 78.  so far he has spent $78.  now he needs 4 dozen cookies.  because each dozen is $5, we have to multiply that by how many dozen he is getting.  hes getting 4 dozen so we have to multiply 5 by 4 to get $20.  now we have to add that to what we have spent.  20 + 78 = 98.  meaning josh spent $98.