Jane spent 2/3 of her savings on a used car, and she spent 1/4 of her remaining savings on a new carpet. If the carpet cost her $250, how much were Jane's original savings?

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Question

Jane spent 2/3 of her savings on a used car, and she spent 1/4 of her remaining savings on a new carpet. If the carpet cost her $250, how much were Jane's original savings?

$1000
$1200
$1500
$2000
$3000

anonymous · Answer

So start working from backwards.
Jane spent the remaining saving on a new carpet. That was 250 dollars and it was 1/4 of her remaining money. What numbers 1/4 is 250?

anonymous · Answer

Working back from the$250. Multiply $250 by the inverse of 1/4, which is 4 x $250 = $1000.

Then, since the remainder of 2/3 is 1/3, multiply $1000 by 3 and you get $3,000.
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anonymous · Answer

Correct, nice job!