Question

Sam is collecting money for an animal shelter. He collects $150.00 each day for 6 days. The shelter will use 35% of the money he collects to buy pet food. The rest of the money will be used to buy cleaning supplies.

How much of the money that Sam collects will be used to buy cleaning supplies?

Answer 1

$585 dollars will be used for cleaning supplies out of the total of $900 that was collected over the six days.

Explanation:

$150.00 (money each day) * 6 (number of days) = $ (total)

`150*6=900`

$900 in 6 days

100% (total amount) - 35% (pet food) = % (cleaning supplies)

`100-35=65`

65% of his money will be used for cleaning supplied

Change the percentage into a decimal

65% =
`0.65`

Multiply the total amount of money by the decimal

`900*0.65=585`

Out of the total $900 dollars he collected over 6 days, $585 dollars will be used for cleaning supplies and the rest ($315) will be used on pet food.