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Question

In 36 days a girl spent 18 dollars. On average, what did she spend daily?

 

Answer 1

You don't really need to convert dollars to cents.  If we divide the amount in its correct money form by the number of days, we will get our amount spent per day.

 

$18.00 / 36 days = $0.50 / day

 

 

$0.50  is the same as 50 cents.  In money form, the number before the decimal represents dollar amount.  The number after the decimal represents cents.

 

So she spent $0.50 per day.

Answer 2

Ed,

 

Since your answer needs to be in cents, first change $18.00 to cents:

 

$18.00 * 100 = 1800 cents

 

Now, divide 1800 by 36 to find out how much she spent each day.

 

1800/36 = 50 ($.50 cents/day)