Question

jake borrowed $25 from his mother and spent $21 he earned $22 and spent $15 how much money does he have now and does jake have enough money to pay her mother?show your work by representing this situation by integers and evaluate

Answer 1

no, jake needs $14 more to repay his mother

Explanation:

+25 + (-21) + 22 + (-15) = 4 + 7 or 11

or you could add the positive values together and negative together and then add

25 + 22 = 47

-21 + (-15) = -36

47 + (-36) = 11