Question

Mrs. Browning pays Pete 5cents for every square yard of lawn that he mows. The shape of Mrs. Brownings lawn is shown. The area of the lawn is ____square yards. The amount that Pete will be paid for mowing the lawn is ______?

Answer 1

We can use s to represent the total area of Mrs. Brownings lawn.
We would use the equation .05s to find the total amount of money Pete makes, in dollars.
The equation basically states, “5 cents times however many square yards are mowed”.

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