Decimal Addition with Money: Calculate $4.3 + $5.1 in Shopping Context

Question

Jazmin spends $4.3$ dollars on cucumbers and $5.1$ dollars on tomatoes.

How much does she spend in total?

00:00 Solve

00:03 We will use long addition for calculation

00:09 We will place the decimal point in the appropriate place

00:12 Each time we'll add, calculate and place accordingly

00:21 And this is the solution to the question

To work out how much Jazmin pays in total, we must add the cost of cucumbers and the cost of tomatoes together:

$4.3\\+5.1$

This gives us the answer:

$9.4$

$9.4$