Roberto will save 1/6 of his allowance each day. if he gets $2.00 a day about how much money will he save each day? Round your anwser to the nearest penniy.

Question

 Decide whether to multiply or divide, also solve, then explain how you know your answer is reasonable

Answer 1

$2/6 is 1/3 = $0.33 saved each day. Obviously this is a DIVISION problem because you are wanting to figure out one part out of six.