It is a hot summer day, and Jade is trying to save money to buy a new shoe. She has 32 dollars, and she plans to sell smoothies at her neighborhood for four dollars a cup. At the end of the day, she is left with a total of 164 dollars in her wallet. How many smoothies did Jade sell?
The decimal 0.5<span> represents the </span>fraction<span> 5/10. The decimal 0.25 represents the </span>fraction<span> 25/100. Decimal </span>fractions<span> always have a denominator based on a power of 10. We know that 5/10 is equivalent to 1/2 since 1/2 times 5/5 is 5/10.</span>
6 multiplied by 4 is 24 feet. Then convert it to meters by multiplying .3048 by 24 which means the answer is 7.3152 meters
