Question

Jake wants to buy a book about trains that cost $24.00. he earns $5.00 for yard work. he plans to save the rest from his weekly allowance of $3.00. in how many weeks will he have saved

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that Jake earns $5 dollars for yard work, so it means that he's got $5 to start off with. For Jake to be able to $24 from $5 he'll need about $19 (24 - 5 = 19).

Given that he earns $3 weekly allowance, we can go ahead and determine how many weeks he'll need to save as shown below;