Question

Roby spends $\$$783 on buying wallpapers and curtains. He spent half the money on wallpapers and other half on curtains. If 4 wallpapers were bought, then estimate the cost of each wallpaper
Hint: Round off the inital amount to the nearest hundreds.

• A. $\$$300
• B. $\$$400
• C. $\$$100
• D. $\$$200

Answer 1

The correct option is C $\$$100

783 can be rounded off to 800.
Amount spent on wallpaper
= Amount spent on curtains
$=\frac{1}{2}\times 800=\$400$

Cost of each wallpaper
= Amount spent on wallpaper ÷ Number of wallpaper
$i.e.\$400÷4=\$100$