Mrs. Johnson spent $611 buying lunch for 78 students. If all the lunches cost the same, about how much did she spend on each lunch?
1 Answer
Dec 5, 2016
About $8 if your round to the nearest dollar, and about $7.83 if you round to the nearest cent.
Explanation:
Since Mrs. Johnson spent $611 total on 78 students' lunches, you have to divide 611 by 78 to find the unit cost of one student's lunch.
When put into a calculator,
This rounds to $7.83, which, when rounded to the nearest dollar, equals $8.
