Dollars and cents

Worked solution

1. 1

   Find the whole dollars.

   $2\times 100=200\text{cents}$

   Each complete group of 100 cents makes one dollar.

2. 2

   Find the cents left over.

   $245-200=45\text{cents}$

   The part outside the two whole dollars is the extra cents.

3. 3

   Join the two parts.

   $245\text{cents}=2\text{dollars}45\text{cents}$

   The dollars and leftover cents together account for all 245 cents.

Worked solution

1. 1

   Change the dollars into cents.

   $3\times 100=300\text{cents}$

   There are 100 cents in each dollar.

2. 2

   Add the extra five cents.

   $300+5=305\text{cents}$

   Both parts now use the same unit.

3. 3

   Write both cents places.

   $3\text{dollars}5\text{cents}=3.05\text{dollars}$

   Five cents is written 05 after the point, so it is not confused with 50 cents.