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

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

How much does she spend in total?

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

How much does she spend in total?

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Step-by-step solution

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 4.3\\+5.1

This gives us the answer:

9.4 9.4

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Final Answer

9.4 9.4

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