Question

Mack bought $100m$ of cloth for $\$567$. Find the cost of the cloth per meter.

• A. $\$5.67$
• B. $\$56700$
• C. $\$56.7$
• D. $\$0.0567$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $\$5.67$

Cloth bought by Mack $=100m$

Cost of $100m\text{cloth}=\$567$

Cost of the cloth per meter $=\$\frac{567}{100}$

In $\frac{567}{100}$, there are two zeroes in the denominator. So, count two places from the right in the numerator and place the decimal point to the left of the digit.

$=\frac{567}{100}=5.67$
The cost of the cloth per metre $=\$5.67$