Question

George has $2.00 to spend at a store. He buys 3 cans of soda. Each can of soda costs 65 cents. What calculation should George use to determine how much change he should receive?

Answer 1

0.05 cents

Explanation:

Given that George has $2.00 to spend at a store. He buys 3 cans of soda. Each can of soda costs 65 cents.

George has to use both multiplication and subtraction to find out the change

Spending at a store ... 2.00$

Cost of each can ... 0.65$

cost of 3 cans ... 3*0.65 = 1.95$

Change he receives ... 2-1.95 =0.05 cents

Answer 2

5 cents.

Explanation:

We have been George has $2.00 to spend at a store. He buys 3 cans of soda. Each can of soda costs 65 cents.

First of all George should calculate the total cost of 3 cans of soda by multiplying 3 by $0.65.

`\text{Cost of 3 cans of soda}=\$0.65* 3`

`\text{Cost of 3 cans of soda}=\$1.95`

Now, George should subtract $1.95 from $2.00 to find the amount of change as:

`\text{Amount of change that George will receive}=\$2.00-\$1.95`

`\text{Amount of change that George will receive}=\$0.05`

Therefore, George will receive 5 cents in change.