Answer:
$37.5, Hope this helps!
Explanation:
Ok, let's start!!!
What do we know?
We earn 150 dollars a week
We save 25% of 150
(THIS WILL BE A KEY SENTENCE WHEN LEARNING ABOUT PERCENTS)
We need to find out how much money we save a week
Let's Solve!
So, we need to solve 25% of 150.
We are going to use an x for our unknown number.
Write,
x = 25% of 150
Rewrite,
x = 25% * 150
Rewrite,
x = 0.25 * 150
Now we want to get rid of the decimal as much as possible, so, we are going to chop the 0 from 150 and move the decimal point so 0.25 becomes 2.5.
Rewrite, (AGAIN!)
x = 2.5 * 15
Multiply,
x = 37.5
Now put the unit,
$37.5
ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO ADD THE UNIT!!!!!!!
Yay! Nice Job!
We got through that together, high fives for everyone!