Question

Jessica’s is making $300 less than four times what she was making when she started working. Let s represent her starting salary. Write an expression showing how much Jessica is making now in terms of her starting salary, s. Show work.

Answer 1

4s-$300

Explanation:

Two pieces of information given describe Jessica's salary in relation to her starting salary. This information is that she makes nearly four times her starting salary (multiplication) and the exact amount she is short of exactly four times is $300 (subtraction). As with the order of mathematical operations, start with multiplication, then put the subtraction into the expression.

s

4s

4s-$300

This final expression shows how much she is making now in terms of her starting. salary