Question

Zoe bought 1.5 pounds of apples for $3.50 per pound. She wanted to find the total cost using partial products.

Part A
Drag all of the partial into the box that Zoe needs to solve the problems

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0.18 3 0.25 0.5 1.5 0.05

Answer 1

To find the total cost of the apples Zoe bought using partial products, we can break down the calculation \(1.5 \text{ pounds} \times 3.50 \text{ (cost per pound)}\):

1. Break down \(3.50\) into its components: \(3\) (the whole number) and \(0.50\) (the decimal).
2. Multiply \(1.5\) by each component:

- \(1.5 \times 3 = 4.5\)
- \(1.5 \times 0.50 = 0.75\)

To find the total cost, add these two partial products together, which gives us:

- \(4.5 + 0.75 = 5.25\)

Now let's identify the partial products from the provided options:

**Needed Partial Products:**
- \(1.5\) (the quantity of apples)
- \(3\) (the whole number component of the price per pound)
- \(0.50\) (the decimal component of the price per pound)

Therefore, the partial products Zoe needs are:
- **1.5**
- **3**
- **0.50**

The other values \(0.18, 0.25, 0.5, 0.05\) are not needed for this calculation.

So, you would drag the following into the box:
- 1.5
- 3
- 0.5 (optional if we consider 0.5 as equivalent to 0.50 in multiplication process)

The absolute values needed are: **1.5, 3, and 0.50.**