Im trying to figure this out...It seems so easy, but i cant figure it out!
Say you're selling and 7 items for $5 FLAT. How much is each item???
Ex: 7 apples for $5. Each apple cost=?
CALL ME STUPID [not literally] BUT I CANT FIGURE THIS OUT!
I keep getting something like 1.40 OR 980
NIEHTER make sense to me!
I'd consider you a genious if you get this.
2007-06-29 16:55:19 · 18 answers · asked by This Gurl 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
THANKS EVERYONE! I feel stupid now :[ BUT THANKS!
2007-06-29 17:12:12 · update #1
it around 71cents an apple
5.00
divided by 7 =71 cents then to check 71 cents x 7= 4.97 so its about 71 cents hoped that helped
2007-06-29 17:01:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The total price of the seven items is $5. So to find the price per item, divide the total price by the number of items.
Dividing 5 by 7 gives you "5/7", or in decimal notation, 0.714285 714285 714285 714285...
So there's no way to have 5/7 of a dollar in an exact amount of cents. The best you can do is round it off to the nearest cent. In this case, $0.71. That's the approximate price per item. Notice that 7 times this number is $4.97 which isn't exactly $5 but again we're forced to use approximations here.
If you were to buy 7 items like this individually, you'd be paying less than if you bought all 7 at once for the flat price of $5. So when stores sell items in this way they'll usually increase the individual price by a cent so that they don't lose any money from it.
2007-06-29 16:59:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
$5
2007-06-29 16:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jaab 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
$5 divided by 7 = about 71 cents. 71.42857
2007-06-29 17:01:00 · answer #4 · answered by holdm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
If yu look at what we want cost/item you will see that we need ot divide 5/7 = or about 71 cents each.
Hope This Helps!!
2007-06-29 17:00:09 · answer #5 · answered by CipherMan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 71 cents. It took me a sec to get it.
Divide $5 by 7 apples. You get .714285(repeating)
So its about 71 cents.
2007-06-29 16:59:43 · answer #6 · answered by Devan! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
7 apples cost $5
1 apple cost $5/7 ~ $0.71
2007-06-29 17:08:45 · answer #7 · answered by Sam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you take 5.00 dollars an divide 7 into it.
or ? x 7= 5.00 the answer I get is .7142857 cents
or .71 cents
Have a great day. uncle mike
2007-06-29 17:04:07 · answer #8 · answered by Uncle Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about $ 0.71 each apple.
divide 7 into 5, since 7 is greater than five your answer is less than 1 than check it by multi. 0.71 x 7 = 4.97
2007-06-29 17:00:19 · answer #9 · answered by ashley c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 71 cents
2007-06-29 16:57:42 · answer #10 · answered by NONAME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋