Question

Andrei's grandfather offered to give a gift of 50% of the amount of money he saved in one year. Andrei saved $120 dollars. How much did his grandfather give him as a gift? Mitch chose $180 as the correct answer. How did he get that answer?

Answer 1

Mitch divided 120 by 2 to get 60. Then he added 60 to 120 to get 180.