Question

A shopkeeper orders 1000 pencils at $.23 each. How much does the shopkeeper pay in total?

Answer 1

`$230`

Explanation:

This problem is in reality simply asking you do work out `1000 xx 0.23`.

As we have been told, one pencil is `0.23`, or `23` cents. The shopkeeper wants `1000` pencils, so he must pay `1000` times as many as he would for one pencil, `0.23`.

We will state that `1` is `1` dollar.

`0.23 xx 1000 = 230`

`230 = $230`

The shopkeeper must pay `$230` in total for `1000` pencils at `$.23` each.