Question

Kendra earns $70 per week mowing lawns. She saves 60% of the money she earns each week. How many weeks will it take Kendra to save enough money to buy a game system that costs $210?

Answer 1

Answer: 5 week

Explanation:

Answer 2

5 weeks

Explanation:

Let's find how much money she saves a week by multiplying the decimal form of 60% and $70.

To get the decimal form of a percent you have to move the decimal to the left twice, like this: 60 ---> .60

Now that we have the decimal form of the percent we can multiply it by the 70 to find how much she saves a week:

(70)(.6) = 42

Therefore, Kendra saves $42 each week.

To find how many weeks it will take Kendra to buy the game system you divide $210 by the $42. Like this:

(210)/(42) = 5

All in all, it will take Kendra 5 weeks to save enough money to buy a game system that costs $210.

I hope this helps!!

- Kay :)