Question

24 pencils costing a total of $3.00 how many cents per a pencil

Answer 1

The pencils cost about 13 cents a pencil.

Explanation:

Divide 3 by 24 and you get 0.125 you can round to the nearest hundredth to get 13 cents. Also see if 12 cents is a answer if 13 cents is not available.

Answer 2

$0.125 , so 12.5 cents per pencil

Explanation:

`(3.00)/(24)`

You can double check this by doing
`0.125*24` , making sure it equals 3.