Question

Andries get grandfather get offered to give him a gift of 50% of the amount of money he saved in one year. And Ray saved $120. How much did his grandfather give him as a gift

Answer 1

$60

Explanation:

The savings of Andries is $120 and his grandfather offered that he would give 50% of the amount he saved.

50% is actually just half of a given amount. So the short way to do this is just half the saving of Andries.

`(\$120)/(2) = \$60`

You can also think of it this way:

`50\%=(50)/(100)`

So we multiply that to the amount saved to solve for what is 50% of 120.

`\$120*(50)/(100) = (\$6000)/(100)=\$60.00`