Question

Pete bought a 16-ounce box of cereal for $3.58. What was the cost per ounce?

Answer 1

Around 0.22 dollars or 22 cents

Explanation:

We know that per 16 ounces it costs 3.58. We want the ounces to equal zero. To do that, we divide 16 by 0, but to keep it equal we need to divide 3.58 by 16. So...

16/16 = 1

3.58/16 = 0.22375

This means that every ounce of cereal, it costs 0.22375 dollars, but money can't go in the thousandths place, so we must round it to the hundredths place, which becomes 0.22 dollars, or 22 cents. I hope this helps and I hope it's not wrong but I don't think it is.