Question

Michelle has a bank account balance of $184. She deposits $38 and then spends $45 when she goes shopping. How is the amount of money Michelle spent shopping represented?

Answer 1

$117

Explanation:

184+38=222

222-45=117

Answer 2

-45

Explanation:

We know that Michelle has a bank account of one hundred eighty four dollars, she then deposits thirty eight into her account, then goes shopping. Spending forty-five dollars. We are then asked the amount of money she spent being represented.

Our keyword is "spent" and "fourty-five". These determine how much money is being taken away or added.

Since we know that spending money is decreasing the amount you have, then we would need a negative sign, and since we also know the amount she spended on is forty-five, that leads us to our answer being -45