Question

Jamal has spent 7%of his savings.He has £771.90 left. How much did he have before he spent some of his savings?

Answer 1

okay so you can put 7%of $771.90 and you multiply that and you get answer but you cant put 7% on a calculator so you have to put it into a decimal like 0.7 and you get the answer is 540.33$ i hope that help you 

Answer 2

Initial amount: s.
Then, after having spent 7% of his savings, the amount left is 0.93s = £771.90.

Dividing both sides by 0.93, we get s = £830.

Check: What is 7% of £830? 0.07(£830) = £58.1. If we subtract that from £830, do we get £771.90? Try it.