Working out change from a note

Difficulty Starter · Set a6tamt

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1
Something costs $7.14 and is paid for with a $10 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
2
Something costs $4.54 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
3
Something costs $9.09 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
4
Something costs $10.84 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
5
Something costs $5.00 and is paid for with a $10 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
6
Something costs $3.29 and is paid for with a $10 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
7
Something costs $9.77 and is paid for with a $10 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
8
Something costs $16.60 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
9
Something costs $1.08 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
10
Something costs $3.45 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
11
Something costs $2.90 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
12
Something costs $3.62 and is paid for with a $10 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
13
Something costs $7.28 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
14
Something costs $3.54 and is paid for with a $10 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
15
Something costs $6.79 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
16
Something costs $7.78 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
17
Something costs $18.28 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
18
Something costs $4.13 and is paid for with a $10 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
19
Something costs $5.58 and is paid for with a $10 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?
20
Something costs $14.21 and is paid for with a $20 bill. How much change is there, in dollars?

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1.07 to 20.
A careful solution takes 2 written steps on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 100% of the problems: the price was added to the bill; change is what is left after the price is taken away.
Answers are an amount with two decimal places.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 233 different ones, 97% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

The same skill, harder or easier

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