Gerry makes $10.62 an hour. He grossed $127.40 last week. How many hours did he work?
Wouldn't you just divide 127.40 by 10.62 ???
surely you have a calculator.
Perhaps the result of 11.996 hours confused you.
He obviously worked 12 hours, and at a rate of $10.62 , his
earnings should have been $127.44
I suspect a typo.
Divide.
127.4/10.62=
11.9962335217
To find out how many hours Gerry worked, you can divide the amount he grossed by his hourly rate.
First, divide the amount Gerry grossed ($127.40) by his hourly rate ($10.62):
$127.40 / $10.62 ≈ 12 hours
Therefore, Gerry worked approximately 12 hours last week.