Question

Samuel and Jason spend 3/4 of their combined earnings from Wednesday to buy a gift. How much do they spend? Is there enough left over from Wednesday's earnings to buy a card that costs $3.25? Explain.

Earnings:
Samuel - (12.5×0.40)
Jason - (7.1×0.40)

Answer 1

Multiply by $0.40 to find the amount of money they have.

Then multiply the product by 3/4So they would have total earnings of $7.84

Then take $7.84 x 0.75=$5.88
but then the question asks Is there enough left over from Wednesday's earnings to buy a card that costs $3.25

So they spent $5.88 from a total of $7.84

Answer 2

they spend $ 5.88 to buy a gift but there is not enough money left to buy a card of $3.25

Explanation:

The earnings form Wednesday of Samuel and Jason are:

Samuel earnings = 12.5x0.40 = $5

Jason earnings = 7.1x0.40 = $ 2.84

The combined earnings form Wednesday are:

Combined earnings = Samuel earnings + Jason earnings

Combined earnings= $5 + $ 2.84 = $ 7.84

The spended earnings are:

Spended earnings = combined earnings x ¾

Spended earnings = 7.84 x ¾ = $ 5.88

The left over is:

Left over = combined earnings – spended earnings

Left over = 7.84 – 5.88 = $ 1.96

So, they spend $ 5.88 to buy a gift but there is not enough money left to buy a card of $3.25