Answer
$\approx \$12.99$ per meter
Work Step by Step
We see that Marcella bought 2.6 meters of fabric for $\$33.77$. To find out the cost per meter, we divide:
$2.6\overline{)33.77}$
We move the decimal point one place to the right to simplify the division:
$~~~~~~~~12.988$
$26\overline{)337.700}$
$~~~~~~\underline{26}$
$~~~~~~~~~77$
$~~~~~~~~~\underline{52}$
$~~~~~~~~~257$
$~~~~~~~~~\underline{234}$
$~~~~~~~~~~~230$
$~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{208}$
$~~~~~~~~~~~~~220$
$~~~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{208}$
$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~12$
We can stop the division with the remainder of 12 because we only need to round to the nearest cent ($\$0.01$):
$12.988\approx \$12.99$ per meter
