Question

Mother Money Bags has d dollar bills in her wallet. She splits the bills equally between her five kids, then gives each of them 3 more dollars in

change. If each child gets a total of $14, how many dollar bills did
Mother have in her wallet?

Answer 1

Let's call the original number of dollar bills Mother had "d". Each child received d/5 + 3 dollars.

Since each child received $14, we have:

d/5 + 3 = 14

Multiplying both sides by 5, we get:

d + 15 = 70

Subtracting 15 from both sides, we get:

d = 55

So, Mother had 55 dollar bills in her wallet.