Question

Maria makes $8.55 an hour working at the jewelry store. Her paycheck shows that she worked 32.5 hours over the past week. How much money did Maria make? (Rounded to the nearest cent)

Answer 1

277.88

Explanation:

`\mathrm{Multiply\:without\:the\:decimal\:points,\:then\:put\:the\:decimal\:point\:in\:the\:answer}`

`855\cdot \:325`
`=277875`

`8.55\mathrm{\:has\:}2\mathrm{\:decimal\:places}\\32.5\mathrm{\:has\:}1\mathrm{\:decimal\:place}\\\mathrm{Therefore,\:the\:answer\:has\:}3\mathrm{\:decimal\:places}\\=277.875`