Question

Tom paid $1,242.70 for a new refrigerator, including $92.70 tax. What was the price (in dollars) of the refrigerator before tax?

Answer 1

115,198.2900

Explanation:

There's 4 total decimal places in both numbers.

Ignore the decimal places and complete the multiplication as if operating on two integers.

1 2 4 2 7 0

× 9 2 7 0

+ 0 0 0 0 0

+ 8 6 9 8 9 0

+ 2 4 8 5 4 0

+ 1 1 1 8 4 3 0

= 1 1 5 1 9 8 2 9 0 0Rewrite the product with 4 total decimal places.

Answer = 115,198.2900

Therefore:

1242.70 × 92.70 = 115,198.2900