To determine the cost of 6 pencils at 60 cents a dozen, we need to convert the price per dozen to the price per pencil. We know that a dozen is equal to 12, so we can use the following formula:
Price per pencil = (Price per dozen) / (Number of items per dozen)
So, in this case:
Price per pencil = (60 cents) / (12 pencils)
To convert cents to dollars, we divide by 100.
Price per pencil = (60/100) $ = 0.6 $
To find the total cost for 6 pencils we multiply the price per pencil by the number of pencils
Cost of 6 pencils = 6 * 0.6 = 3.6 $
So the cost of 6 pencils at 60 cents a dozen is 3.6 $.