Mathematics
Grade5
Easy
Question
To encourage interest in bicycling, 9 companies sponsored a bicycle race. Each company donated $795 for the race. Total money was donated for the race is?
- $7,155
- $8,155
- $9,155
- $6,155
Hint:
9 companies sponsored a bicycle race. Each company donated $795 for the race. To find the total donated amount for the race, we just have to multiply both number of them.
The correct answer is: $7,155
Here , we have to find total money which is donated for the race .
Firstly , 9 companies sponsored a bicycle race.
Each company donated $795 for the race.
Then ,
1 company = $795
For 9 companies, we have to multiply 9 to both sides,
$795 x 9 = $7,155.
Therefore, Total money was donated for the race is $7155
The correct answer is $7,155 (option (a)).
Or,
There were 9 donations of $795 each. Multiply:
$7,155 was donated for the race.
For multiplication you can use any method , and one of them are partial product , which break your product and makes it easy to solve. Apply same type of concept in similar questions.
