Question

Help me pls. I need help with the question

Answer 1

$173.90

Explanation:

The most obvious way to answer this question is to multiply $9.40 by 18.5

This would result in 173.90.

But I realize nobody like to deal with decimals in a multiplication problem, so here's the way I would do it (especially if you don't have a calculator!)

The strategy is to break it down!

Multiply $9.40 x 18 hours to start, since this is easier.

`9.4 x 18 = 169.2`

So, that's $169.20 for 18 hours of work.

We aren't finished, because Abdel worked for 18.5 hours.

So, what half of $9.40?

`9.4 / 2`

= 4.7

-or-

$4.70

So, knowing that Abdel makes $4.70 in half an hour, lets just add that onto the $169.20 we got earlier.

169.2 + 4.7 = 173.9

-or-

$173.90 for 18.5 hours of work!