Scott spent $6.24 on pet food. The food costs $0.24 per cup. How many cups of food did he buy?
A. 2.6
B. 0.26 <<<
C. 26
D. 260
How do you buy about a quarter of a cup of food?:
Doesn't that seem to be a stupid answer?
You need to keep track of your decimal point.
Also, remember to do a sanity check. $.24 is about $(1/4) so there should be about 4 cups per dollar.
Since he spent about $6, C is the answer, about 4*6 cups
Ms. Sue, yes it does sound like a stupid answer. Sorry. Steve, thanks for the help.
To find out how many cups of food Scott bought, we need to divide the total amount spent on pet food, $6.24, by the cost per cup, which is $0.24.
Dividing $6.24 by $0.24, we get 26. So Scott bought 26 cups of pet food.
Therefore, the correct answer is C. 26.