"How much does this cost?"

Translation: 这个多少钱？

[scsi8]

My answer was correct with only the first 4 characters. How does the 5th character change the meaning?

[brilliantskip]

It is similar to how both sentences would make sense in English - if you drop the 钱, the context is still implied.

这个多少 - How much is this?
这个多少钱 - How much money is this

钱 - money

[Keith_APP]

这个多少钱？would be more specific that the topic in discussion is about money. 这个多少 like How Much Is It can have meanings other than about money, but is so often used that it can be easily inferred to a request for the price. Actually we have also omitted the verb in this sentence, which is probably 卖/sell.

[GuardianArcana]

多少 refers to how much while 钱 is the word for money. If you were asking someone a question about a specific item, it would be assumed that you are asking about the price, not how many there are.

[grifentei652]

The last word just means "money." So if the context makes it pretty clear you are talking about money/cost, you can omit the last word.

[Elizabetttttttth]

Why not 这是多少钱？

[Rgnelson04]

Can you not end with kuai instead?

[Keith_APP]

It's alright.

[p40sZFlP]

Is yuan the currency, and what does kuai fall under?

[Piotrek574572]

Are you kidding me? Why kuai is not accepted instead of qian?

[p40sZFlP]

It would be nice to introduce pin yin and sounds for these type of questions...im not a pro

[david905621]

Does 多少 mean what number? I recall it being used to ask for a phone number as well.