Question

Deshawn plans on raising a total of $1,000 for a local charity. His goal is to raise

three-fifths of that money by the end of the month. Unfortunately, DeShawn was
only able to raise 5/6 of his goal for this month. How much money did DeShawn
actually raise​

Answer 1

If Deshawn’s goal was to raise three-fifths of $1000 you need to fond out what a fifth of 1000 is. You divide 1000 by 5 to get 200. Since it is three fifths you multiply that by 3 which equals $600. Now if Deshawn only reached five-sixths of $600 you need to find out what a sixth of 600 is so divide 600 by 6 which equals 100. Now you multiply that by five as it is 5 sixths of the goal which equals $500. So the answer would be - Deshawn raised $500.