Enter the total days of daycare needed and the daily daycare rate ($/day) into the Calculator. The calculator will evaluate the Cost Of Daycare. 

Cost Of Daycare Formula

CDC = DD * DR

Variables:

  • CDC is the Cost Of Daycare ($)
  • DD is the total days of daycare needed
  • DR is the daily daycare rate ($/day)

To calculate the Cost Of Daycare, multiply the days of care needed by the daily rate.

How to Calculate the Cost Of Daycare?

The following steps outline how to calculate the Cost Of Daycare.


  1. First, determine the total days of daycare needed. 
  2. Next, determine the daily daycare rate ($/day). 
  3. Next, gather the formula from above = CDC = DD * DR.
  4. Finally, calculate the Cost Of Daycare.
  5. After inserting the variables and calculating the result, check your answer with the calculator above.

Example Problem : 

Use the following variables as an example problem to test your knowledge.

total days of daycare needed = 30

daily daycare rate ($/day) = 400