Tina has $5000 dollars in the bank. She decided to withdraw 1/4 of her money. She spent 4/5 of her withdrawal on clothing and deposited the rest back into the b

Question

Tina has $5000 dollars in the bank. She decided to withdraw 1⁄4 of her money. She spent 4/5 of her withdrawal on clothing and deposited the rest back into the bank. How much is now in her bank account?

Answer 1

Follow the money!

 

So you first need to figure out how much she took out.  You can set it up as an equation but basically

 

5000 x (1/4) = 1250 withdrawn

 

Now you know she spent 4/5 of that money taken out on clothes so

 

1250 x (4/5) = 1000 spent (nice clothes!!)

 

She put the rest back into the bank so if she spent $1000 in clothes and the rest of the money is in the bank, that means that the remaining $4000 is in the bank.