Question

Marion and her sister Elaine are saving up to buy a DSLR camera. Marion has saved up $ 299.99 in her account. Elaine sets aside her weekly allowance over a five week period to buy the camera that costs $699.99. Calculate Elaine’s weekly allowance.

Answer 1

$80.00

Explanation:

If you round up the values, you should evaluate to the following:

Marion/Elaine have $300.00

Marion/Elaine need $700.00

Subtract them from each other and that equals $400.00 dollars that they need.

Since it is a 5 week period this is over, you can divide 400 by 5, what do you get? $80.00

Answer 2

You see you round 299.99 to 300 then divide it by 5 because she gained 300 over five weeks and you get 60 a week