Question

Thompson Alberts purchased a pack of 12 pencils for $4.99. What is the unit price per pencil rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent?

Answer 1

Answer:

Unit price of a pencil is $0.4

Step-by-step explanation:

Thompson purchased a pack of 12 pencils for $4.99.

We have to calculate the unit price of price.

We can calculate the unit price of a pencil by dividing the total price of one pack by total number of pencils in a pack.

Unit price of a pencil = $\frac{\text{Price of a pack}}{\text{Number of pencils in a pack}}$

                                   = $\frac{4.99}{12}$

                                   = $0.4158

                                   ≈ $0.4

Therefore, unit price of a pencil is $0.4

Answer 2

The nearest tenth would be 0.40 cents each