You go to the store and buy apples. The apples cost $0.14 each. The cashier rings up your apples and says your total is $1.12 . How many apples did you buy?

Answer 1

Asha,

Lets pretend the question is easier for a minute. Instead of $1.12, what is the cost of the apples was $.28 cents. Would you know that you bought two apples? If so, all you did was divide $.14 cents into $.28 cents to get 2.

Now lets use the numbers in the problem.

How many times does .14 go into 1.12?

Answer: 8