Decimal Addition: Calculate $7.30 + $6.40 in Shopping Context

Question

Jorge spends $\( 7.3$ on pomegranates and $\( 6.4$ on bananas.

How much does Jorge pay in total?

00:00 Solve

00:04 We will use long addition for calculation

00:10 Each time we'll add, calculate and substitute accordingly

00:21 And this is the solution to the question

In order to determine how much Jorge paid, let's begin by adding together the cost of both the bananas and the pomegranates:

$7.3\\+6.4$

Adding from right to left we should obtain the following:

$13.7$

$\( 13.7$