Seven students shared the cost of a 26.00 pizza. Each student paid either 3.71 or 3.72. How many students paid 3.72?
, 2012
Pick one
Solution
We can rephrase the given information by saying that each of the seven students paid 3.71 and some of the students paid an extra 0.01.
Since and the pizza cost 26.00 in total, then the students who paid the extra 0.01 each must make up the final $0.03 of the cost of the pizza.
Therefore, 3 students each paid an additional 3.72 in total.
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