Question

Kylee and two of her friends are at a museum. They find two quarters and a dime on the ground. If Kylee and her friends share the money equally, how much will each person get, explain how you got your answer

Answer 1

The first thing we are going to do is convert the two quarters and the dime to cents.
We know that 1 quarter=25 cents, so we are going to multiply our two quarters by the multiplier $\frac{25cents}{1quarter}$:
$2quarters*\frac{25cents}{1quarter}=50cents$
We also know that 1 dime=10 cents, so we are going to multiply our dime by the multiplier $\frac{10cents}{1dime}$:
$1dime*\frac{10cents}{1dime}=10cents$

Next, we are going to add the two amounts in cents:
$Total.Amount=50cents+10cents=60cents$

Finally, we are going to divide the total amount by the number of people (3):
$\frac{60cents}{3} =20cents$

We can conclude that If Kylee and her friends share the money equally, each person will receive 20 cents.