Question

Garrett had $6.20. He earned 7 dimes for doing his

chores. How much money does Garrett have now?
Skip count to find the answer.

Answer 1

$6.90

Explanation:

What is skip counting?

Skip counting refers to counting using multiples of two and higher numbers. It essentially skips over numbers to create a faster way of counting. Ex: 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. 3, 6, 9, 12, etc. 4, 8, 12, 16, etc. 5, 10, 15, 20, etc.

Now, let's figure out what we know.

Total amount of money = $6.20

add 7 dimes

dimes worth 10 cents each.

Question = how much money Garrett has all together

First, we must figure out how much additional money Garrett earned by skip counting.

Dimes are 10 cents each and there are 7 dimes.

Skip counting using multiples of 10: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70.

7 dimes = 70 cents

Now, add 70 cents to 6.20.

6.20 +

0.70

= 6.90

So, the answer to the question, how much money does Garrett have now, is $6.90.

Answer 2

Seven dimes are equivalent to $0.70 (since each dime is worth $0.10). To find how much money Garrett has now, we can add the amount he earned to the amount he started with:

$6.20 (starting amount) + $0.70 (amount earned) = $6.90

Therefore, Garrett now has $6.90. If we want to skip count to find the answer, we can count by tens for each dime earned, and then add that amount to the starting amount:

$6.20 (starting amount) + $0.10 (first dime) + $0.10 (second dime) + $0.10 (third dime) + $0.10 (fourth dime) + $0.10 (fifth dime) + $0.10 (sixth dime) + $0.10 (seventh dime) = $6.90

Either way, we arrive at the same answer of $6.90.