2001 CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) Problems/Problem 13
Problem
Laura earns /hour and works
hours per day for
days. She first spends
of her pay on food and clothing, and then pays
in rent. How much of her pay does she have left?
Solution 1
First, we can figure out how much money Laura earned from working.
Since she worked for
, we know that she worked
in total.
She earned , so she was paid
in total.
Next, we can figure out how much money of her pay she has left.
She spent of her pay on food and clothing, so she had
of her pay remaining after that.
Thus, after spending money on food and clothing, she had remaining.
She then paid in rent. After that, she had
remaining.
~anabel.disher
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