Question

Mrs.Reyez purchased nine books for her classroom that each cost $5.63. Using complete sentences explain how to find the total coast of the books. Make sure your answer includes steps of the algorithm you would use, as well as the product.

Answer 1

Mrs.Reyez purchased nine books.

Each book cost $5.63.

Then we can calculate the total cost multiplying the number of purchased books (9) by the individual cost of each book (5.63).

We will get:

$9\text{ books}\cdot5.63\frac{\ }{\text{book}}=\ 50.67$