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You may use the fraction for a price, and the integer for the number of objects bought.

For example: "An apple costs 1/2 of a dollar. If you buy 16 apples, how much will you spend?"

The answer is given by multiplying the unit cost of the apple and the total number of apples bought:

[tex] \dfrac{1}{2}\cdot 16 = \dfrac{16}{2} = 8 [/tex]

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A word problem that can be solved by multiplying a whole number and a fraction: The cost of a bag is two-third of a dollar, sam wants to buy ten bags. how much will he spend.

Solution:([tex]\frac{2}{3}[/tex] * 1dollar) * 10bags = [tex]\frac{2}{3}[/tex] * 10 = 6.667 dollars

Meaning of word problem

In mathematics, a word problem is a type of problem that is written in sentence format. the mathematical operations and symbols are all written in words. The reader is given the task to understand and translate to the mathematical (equation) format

In conclusion you can find an example of a word problem wirtten above.

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