Question

Think About the Process You have 30 quarters. You find 20% more quarters in your room. Then you go shopping and spend ​50% of the total number of quarters. Write an expression to represent the total number of quarters you take with you shopping.​ Calculate, in​ dollars, the amount of money you have left.

Answer 1

$4.50 is the amount left

Answer 2

Answer: $4.5 left.

Explanation:

You have 30 quarters, and find 20% more. To convert percentages to decimals for calculations, simply move the decimal two spaces to the left.

20% is 20. ---> 2.0 ---> .20

30 * 0.2 = 6. Now add 6 (found) to 30 (original) to get the total.

30+6 = 36 total quarters.

You spend 50% of the quarters, 36 * 0.5 = 18.

This means you have 18 quarters left (or you spent 18).

18 quarters, each quarter is worth 0.25 dollars, so multiply the number left by how much each is worth.

18 * 0.25 = $4.5.