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2-5
Add Money (pp. 78–81)

Example 7 Add. Check for reasonableness.

At school, Vito bought yogurt for
24. 13¢ 25. $54
65¢ and milk for 25¢. How much + 43¢ + $35
money did he spend? −−−− −−−−

Find 65¢ + 25¢. To add money, add 26. 74¢ 27. $90
+ 6¢
−−− + $19
−−−−
as you would with whole numbers.
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65¢ 28. Rondell’s piggy bank has $23.
+ 25¢ For his birthday, his grandmother
−−−−
90¢ Place the cents sign after the sum. gave him $15. How much money
does he have now?
Example 8

Find $0.39 + $0.45. 29. Edgardo found 36¢ on the

sidewalk. If he combines this
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$0.39 with the 27¢ he has left from his
+ $0.45 lunch money, how much will he
−−−−− Place the dollar sign and the
$0.84 decimal point. have altogether?

2-6 Problem-Solving Investigation: Choose a Strategy (pp. 84–85)

Example 9 Solve.
A music group bought two new
30. While fishing, Augusto and his
guitars. Each guitar cost $488. How
uncle caught 17 catfish, 21 trout,
much did the guitars cost?
and 6 bass. About how many
Since each guitar cost the same, add fish did they catch?
$488 two times.
31. Carolyn walked 2 blocks south
11 to meet Tiffany. They walked
$488 3 blocks east and 1 block north
+ $488
−−−−− to Fabio’s house. Does Fabio live
$976 on Carolyn’s street? Explain.
So, the guitars cost $976.

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