Question

Molly purchased 8 apples for $2.96 while looking at her her receipt Molly divided 2.96 by 8. Why might Molly perform this calculation? A. In order to find the total number of apples purchased B. In order to find out how much she paid per apple C. In order to calculate the total amount she owes D. In order to calculate how many how much money she has left

Answer 1

Total number of apples purchased by Molly = 8

Total cost of the apples = $2.96

Since, Molly divided 2.96 by 8.

We have to determine the reason, for which Molly performed the calculation.

So, he divided the total cost $2.96 by '8', that is the number of apples in order to find out how much she paid per apple.

So, $2.96 \div 8 = 0.37$

So, $0.37 is the cost of per apple.