Natasha R. answered • 12/14/22
Elementary, math, english, testing
I think there's a bit of typo in the question, but I believe it should say that he spent 1/2 of the remaining money on school clothes. So, this is what is called a 2 step equation. We have to do the first step to find information for the second step. The question asks how much money he has left. We know it's half of what he had after what he spent at the movies. So, first we need to figure out how much that is. So, he started with $70 and spent 1/5 of it at the movies. So, 1/5 of $70 will tell us how much he spent. 70÷5 = 14, meaning he spent $14 at the movies. We have to subtract that from $70 to see how much he had after the movies. $70 - $14 = $56 (You could also find this a little faster by multiplying $70 x 4/5). Now we know he had $56 after going to the movies. So, back to the question of how much money he has left, we know we need to find half of that amount, since he spent 1/2 of it on clothes. So, 1/2 of $56 or 56÷2 = 28, so he had $28 left after going to the movies and buying clothes. Hope this helps!
