Word problem

Question

At the beginning of the month Kimberly has $65.78 since then she received three payments of $32.50 from her babysitting job Kimberly's two sisters each helped her babysit once during a month so Kimberly pay them $8.75 if Kimberly did not spend any money how much money does she have now

Answer 1

You really need to break the question into individual sentences.

 

Start with $65.78

 

Add 3 x $32.50 from the 3 babysitting jobs

 

Subtract 2 x $8.75 for paying $8.75 to each sister

 

Summary:

 

$65.78 + 3($32.50) - 2($8.75) = $145.78

Answer 2

65.78 + 3 * 32.50 - 2 x 8.75 = 145.78