Shopping with Samantha
Samantha went shopping for a baby shower. At the first store, she bought party favors and spent half of what she had, plus $5. At the second store, she bought coffee, cream, and fancy sugar cubes, which cost one-fourth of what she had left, plus $10. At the last store, she bought fancy napkins and paper plates for one-half of what she had left, plus $5. She went home with $5.
How much money did Samantha start out with?
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Caci,
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working on this one....i am a slow blonde!
ok....I finally sat down today to work on this. I came up with $90 that she started with. She spent $50 at her first stop. $20 at the second stop. $15 at the third stop and went home with $5. That is 50+20+15+5=90. $50 being half of $90 plus the $5. Then she had $40. 1/4 of that is $10 plus another $10 is $20. Then half of that is $10 plus another $5 is $15, leaving her with $5. Did I break it down well enough for ya?
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