Question

Sarah has $20 saved. She gets $10 per week for her allowance, and she saves her allowance for the next 3 weeks. At the end of the week, she gets $150 in birthday money. How much money will she have after the 3 weeks? Which of the following sets of equations represents this problem?

Answer 1

$200

Explanation:

We know that she already has $20. And we know that every week, for three weeks she gets $10.

20+3(10)+150=m

We add all of this up, and we find that at the end of 3 weeks Sarah has $200 saved.