Artie has a flower stand at the Farmers Market. He sells three kinds of flowers: marigolds, petunias and begonias. He usually sells marigolds for $2.74 per pot, petunias for $1.87 per pot and begonias for $2.12 per pot. Artie has no change today, so he has decided to round all his prices to the nearest dollar. If Artie sells 12 pots of marigolds, 9 pots of petunias and 17 pots of begonias, how much will he make?
Artie will round his marigolds up from $2.74 to $3, since the number following the 2 is 5 or higher.
Artie will round his petunias up from $1.87 to $2, since the number following the 1 is 5 or higher.
Artie will round his begonias down from $2.12 to $2, since the number following the 2 is less than 5.
Artie sells 12 marigolds x $3 = $
<gadget id="calculator">12*3</gadget>
<output>36</output>
36.
Artie sells 9 petunias x $2 = $
<gadget id="calculator">9*2</gadget>
<output>18</output>
18.
Artie sells 17 begonias x $2 = $
<gadget id="calculator">17*2</gadget>
<output>34</output>
34.
Altogether, Artie will make $36 + $18 + $34 = $
<gadget id="calculator">36+18+34</gadget>
<output>88</output>
88.

<result>88</result>