This task is about working out costs of materials involving decimals.
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Heta, Jason, and Aroha are buying fabric to decorate their flat.
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Heta is buying some fabric for a tablecloth.
If the fabric costs $3.20 per metre, show how to work out how much 2.1 metres of fabric will cost him.
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Aroha is buying 3.4 metres of curtain cloth at a cost of $5.70 per metre.
Show how to work out how much this will cost her.
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Jason is buying some cloth for a wall hanging. It costs $6.45 to buy 1.5 metres of green cloth.
Show how much it costs for 1 metre of this cloth.
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