Stella wants to buy colored pencils that cost $3.50. She has 1 dollar, 5 quarters, 4 dimes, and 7 pennies. Does she have enough money to buy the colored pencils?

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Charity Sanders

23 August, 01:44

Stella wants to buy colored pencils that cost $3.50. She has 1 dollar, 5 quarters, 4 dimes, and 7 pennies. Does she have enough money to buy the colored pencils?

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Winston Meadows · Answer 1

no

Step-by-step explanation:

Lets she how much money she has

1.00 dollars

5 *.25 = 1.25 quarters

4 *.10 =.40 dimes

7 *.01 =.07 pennies

Add it all together

1 + 1.25+.40 +.07 = 2.72

3.50 - 2.72 =.78

She is 78 cents short