Question

Donna bought 4.356 pounds of cheese. What is the value of each of the digits in 4.356?

Answer 1

For a price x of the cheese :

`4/4.356x`, `0.3/4.356x`, `0.05/4.356x`, `0.006/4.356x`

Explanation:

Assuming you need to know what part of the price each of the digits represent, you just need to take the number and divide it by the whole price.

So you've basically written the number `4.356` as :

`4.356 = 4 + 0.3 + 0.05 + 0.006`,

add the fractions in the answer up and you get the original price of the cheese, which is unknown (x).