Question

Pepper jackie purchased 3.5 pounds of jelly beans for 1.19 per pund. How much did she spend on jelly beans, to the nearest cent

Answer 1

416.5 cent Pepper jackie spend on jelly beans .

Explanation:

As given

Pepper jackie purchased 3.5 pounds of jelly beans for $1.19 per pound.

Thus

$1.19 = 1 pound

Cost of 3.5 pounds of jelly beans = 1.19 × 3.5

= $4.165

Therefore the cost of 3.5 pounds of jelly beans is $4.165 .

As 1 dollar = 100 cent

$4.165 = 4.165 × 100

= 416.5 cent

Therefore 416.5 cent Pepper jackie spend on jelly beans .