Question

Scott needs to mail a gift card to a friend. He uses

47
-cent stamps and
7
-cent stamps to pay $2.91
$
⁢
2.91
in postage. How many of each stamp did Scott use?

Answer 1

5 of the 47 cent
8 of the 7 cent

Answer 2

He used 5 47 cent stamps and 8 7 cent stamps

subtract 0.47 from 2.91 until you get 0.56 then you begin to subtract 0.07 to get 0.