Question

Francesca had 20 dollars to spend on 3 gifts. She spent 8 1 4 dollars on gift A and 4 4 5 dollars on gift B. How much money did she have left for gift C? Solve on paper to find the answer as a fraction. Then check your work on Zearn! Francesca had dollars for gift C.

Answer 1

Francesca had
`\$(139)/(20) \ \ OR \ \ \$6(19)/(20)` money left for gift C.

Explanation:

Given:

Total money to spent on gift = $20

Money Spent on gift A =
`\$ 8(1)/(4)`

`\$ 8(1)/(4)` can Rewritten as
`\$(33)/(4)`

Money Spent on gift A =
`\$(33)/(4)`

Money Spent on gift B =
`\$ 4(4)/(5)`

`\$ 4(4)/(5)` can Rewritten as
`\$(24)/(5)`

Money Spent on gift B =
`\$(24)/(5)`

We need To find the Money left for gift C.

Solution:

Money left for gift C can be calculated by subtracting Money Spent on gift A and Money Spent on gift B with Total Money spent on gifts.

Framing in equation form we get;

Money left for gift C =
`20-(33)/(4)-(24)/(5)`

Now taking LCM for making the denominator common we get;

Money left for gift C =
`(20* 20)/(20)-(33*5)/(4*5)-(24*4)/(5*4)= (400)/(20)-(165)/(20)-(96)/(20)=(400-165-96)/(20) = \$(139)/(20) \ \ OR \ \ \$6(19)/(20)`

Hence Francesca had
`\$(139)/(20) \ \ OR \ \ \$6(19)/(20)` money left for gift C.