Question

1. Jayden spent $46.20 on 12 gallons of gasoline. What was the price per gallon?

2. Jayla buys 1.2 pounds of bananas. The bananas cost $1.29 per pound. To the nearest cent, how much does Jayla pay for the bananas?

3.Billy ate 1/4 of a pizza, and Wi ate 1/3 of the same pizza. How much of the Pizza did they eat in all?
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Answer 1

Answer: 1. $3.85

2. $1.55

3. 7/12

Explanation:

1. Since you are finding out price PER gallon, you would divide $46.20 by 12 because Jayden bought 12 gallons.

2. Since they give you the price per gallon and the amount bought in this problem, you will multiply 1.2 and $1.29. Think of this as if you were buying 5 apples and each cost $1, you would do 5 x 1 to find the total cost. The same concept applies here.

3. To add 1/4 and 1/3 you would find a common denominator. The common denominator would be 12. 1/4 = 3/12 and 1/3 = 4/12. Now you can add them together, 3/12 + 4/12 = 7/12