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2006 AMC 8 Problem 1

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1.

Mindy made three purchases for $\$1.98$ , $\$5.04$ , and $\$9.89$ . What was her total, to the nearest dollar?

$\$10$

$\$15$

$\$16$

$\$17$

$\$18$

Answer: D

Concepts:estimation money

Difficulty rating: 370

Solution:

Since all the values are already close to a whole number, we can just add the sums of the rounded numbers.

These prices round to $\$ 2,$ $\$ 5,$ and $\$ 10,$ which add to $\$ 17.$

Thus, D is the correct answer.

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