Question

If licorice costs $6.59 a pound, how much would it cost to buy a quarter-pound of licorice?

If a 10-foot piece of electrical tape has 0.037 feet cut from it. What is the new length of tape?


A director replayed 231 of the 1000 scenes filmed for a movie. Write a decimal to represent the part of the movie the director replayed.


If you had half a dollar, three quarters, eight dimes, six nickels, and nine pennies, how much money would you have altogether?


What is the combined thickness of these shims: 0.008, 0.125, 0.15, 0.185, and 0.005 cm?


All the people of a neighborhood pooled together and won the lottery. They won $10,000,000 and each person got a 0.02 share. How much money did each person receive?

Answer 1

1. 1.6475.

2. 9.963.

3. 0.231

4. $1.69

5. 0.473 cm.

6. x = $200,000

Explanation:

1.$6.59 ÷ 4 = 1.6475.

2. 10-0.037 = 9.963

3. 231 divided by 1000.

4. $0.50 + $0.80 + $0.30 + $0.09 = $1.69

5. 0.008 + 0.125 + 0.15 + 0.185 + 0.005

6. x =$10,000,000(0.02) where x is the amount of money each person will receive. x=$200,000 (multiply)