How asks for a measure, and much refers to quantity. Together they ask for an amount.
Price or cost
shopping
neutral
Used to ask or say what something costs.
Examples
- How much is this shirt?
- How much does the ticket cost?
- Do you know how much the bag is?
- She asked how much I paid for lunch.
- How much will we need for the bus?
Similar words
Amount of something
quantity
neutral
Used to ask or say the amount of something that is not counted as separate items.
Examples
- How much water do you want?
- How much time do we have?
- Tell me how much milk is left.
- How much sugar is in this cake?
- I wonder how much work remains.