Question

Pradeep and his cousin went to the corner store to buy candy. His cousin paid and told Pradeep he could pay him back. "You owe me 4⁄5 of a dollar," laughed his cousin. "How much is that?" Pradeep asked. "You tell me!" his cousin replied. How much does Pradeep owe his cousin?

Answer 1

Answer:

"It is 80 cents"

Explanation:

In order to calculate how much this actually is, we would need to multiply this fraction by the value of a whole dollar which is 1. We can divide the fraction 4/5 and turn it into the decimal 0.80 which would make this much easier. Now we simply multiply...

0.80 * 1 = $0.80

Finally, we can see that 4/5 of a dollar would be 0.80 or 80 cents. Therefore Pradeep would answer "It is 80 cents"