Question

will give two medals Jasmine opened a bank account. She deposited $84.50 into her account every month for 20 months. She used $50.50 every month to pay for dance lessons. After 20 months, she used 1 over 4 of the total money left in her account to go to a music camp. What is the total amount of money Jasmine spent to go to the music camp?

$115.00
$135.00
$155.00
$170.00

Answer 1

get it correct
please

Answer 2

If she deposited $84.50 and used $50.50 each month, how much did she keep each month?

Answer 3

In other words, what is $84.50 - $50.50 = ?

Answer 4

34

Answer 5

I know the answer

Answer 6

Correct.
She did it for 20 months.
If she saved $34 a month for 20 months, how much did she save altogether?
What is 20 * $34 = ?

Answer 7

umm hold on

Answer 8

what is 34*0.25

Answer 9

@Legends Please hold off on your help. One person at a time is enough.

Answer 10

680?

Answer 11

We are trying to find how much she saved for all those 20 months.
We need to know what 20 * $34 is.

Answer 12

Correct.
We're almost there.

Answer 13

ok what is the next step

Answer 14

Alright sorry Ill let you finish

Answer 15

She had $680 in her account.
She used 1/4 of that for the camp.
To find 1/4 (one fourth) of an amount, just divide the amount by 4.
What is $680 divided by 4 = ?

Answer 16

2720

Answer 17

?

Answer 18

No. You multiplied by 4.
You need to divide 680 by 4.
\(680 \div 4 =\)

Answer 19

170

Answer 20

If she has $680 in the bank, and she used one fourth for music camp, she cannot have used much more than $680. It has to be much lees than $680.

Answer 21

Correct!!!
$170 is the answer.

Answer 22

thanks thanks thanks can you help me with one more

Answer 23

@ogjb_
The way to solve a problem like this is to break it up into simple steps.
That's what we did.

Answer 24

so we multiplied first then we divided
like what are the steps

Answer 25

@mathstudent55

Answer 26

The first step was to subtract what Jasmine used each month from what she deposited each month. That was the subtraction $84.50 - $50.50.
The answer was $34. That told us how much she saves each month.

Then since we were told she did this for 20 months, we multiplied 20 * $34 to find out how much money she had saved over these 20 months. That was 20 * $34 = $680. Now we know she has saved $680 in the last 20 months.

Finally, since she used 1/4 of her savings for music camp, we multiplied 1/4 by $680, which is the same as dividing $680 by 4 to find out how much she spent on music camp.
$680/4 = $170