Question

Keenan has $3.15. At a candy store, sour fruit chews are $0.07 each. How many sour fruit chews could he buy?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 39
D) 45

Answer 1

To determine how many sour fruit chews Keenan can buy with $3.15, we start by converting the total amount of money he has into cents since the cost of each sour fruit chew is also in cents.

1. Convert $3.15 to cents:
\[
3.15 \text{ dollars} = 3.15 \times 100 \text{ cents} = 315 \text{ cents}
\]

2. Determine the cost of one sour fruit chew, which is $0.07, converted into cents:
\[
0.07 \text{ dollars} = 0.07 \times 100 \text{ cents} = 7 \text{ cents}
\]

3. Now we divide the total amount of money Keenan has in cents (315 cents) by the cost of one sour fruit chew (7 cents):
\[
\frac{315 \text{ cents}}{7 \text{ cents}} = 45
\]

Therefore, Keenan can buy **45** sour fruit chews.

The answer is \( \boxed{45} \).