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While measuring the length of a sharpened pencil, reading of the scale at one end is $2.0$ cm and at the other end is $12.1$cm. What is the length of the pencil

  1. $14.1$ $cm$
  2. $12.1$ $cm$
  3. $10.1$ $cm$
  4. $2.0$ $cm$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

length = difference of readingsĀ 


$=12.1 cm - 2.0 cm$


$=10.1 cm$

Multiple choice maths tenths and hundredths more money decimal fractions in the units of currency, length, weight, capacity understanding tenth and hundredth part of a number

A drycleaner charges $\$2$ for up to $3$ pounds in weight of clothes and $30$ cents per pound or part there of up to a maximum weight of $10$ pounds per load. What is the cost in dollars of cleaning six and a half pounds of clothes?

  1. $2.80$
  2. $3.05$
  3. $4.28$
  4. $4.70$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

b'6.5 pounds of clothes is equal to the 7 pound

cost of 3-pound clothes is $2
Remaining 3.5 pound clothes cost$=3.5\times .3=$1.05$
$\therefore $ total cost$=1.05+2=3.05$
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