Question

Salena needs to purchase 9 skirts for a new job. her friend, Jamie goes with her each of the skirts costs $41. Salena says that she can find the total cost by multiplying 9 and 4 and adding that to product of 9 and 1. Jamie disagrees and says that she needs to find the product of 9 and 40 and add that to the product of 9 and 1. Who is correct and why?

Answer 1

Answer:

Jamie is correct. This is because 41 is a combination of 40 and 1. Salena thinks that the 4 is just a 4, however, the 4 is in the tens place, so the 41 without the 1 is 40. The answer to this 41 times 9 is 369. Not 45.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each skirt is $41

Salena needs 9

(9*40) + (9*1)

360   +   9

    $369