Question

Gia receives an allowance of $2 a week and already has $20 in savings. Michael receives an allowance of $3 a week and already has $5 in savings. Gia and Michael both save their entire allowance. After how many weeks, will Gia and Michael have the same amount in savings? How much money will they have?

Answer 1

After 15 weeks, Gia and Micheal will both have $50 in savings.

Explanation:

For Gia:

We start at $20 since she already has $20 in savings, we will add that to how much Gia will receive in 15 weeks.

Gia receives $2 a week and therefore in 15 weeks she will have $50.

= 2x15 = $30

= 30+20 = $50

For Micheal:

We start at $5 since he already has $5 in savings, we will add that to how much Micheal will receive in 15 weeks.

Micheal receives $3 a week and therefore in 15 weeks he will receive $50

= 3x15 = $45

= 5+45 = $50