Question

Margo’s Dad offers to give her 5 cents on sunday. Then for each day of the week, he offers to give her 5 times the amount from the previous day. How much will he give her on Saturday? Write an expression to show how much Margo’s dad gives her on Saturday.

Answer 1

Answer:

Margo will get 78,125 cents on Saturday.

Step-by-step explanation:

Margo’s Dad offers to give her 5 cents on Sunday.

Then for each day of the week, he offers to give her 5 times the amount from the previous day.

This can be modeled as: $5^{x+1}$

From Sunday to Saturday 6 days have elapsed, therefore she will have :

$5^{6+1}$

= $5^{7}$ = 78125 cents.

Hence, Margo will get 78,125 cents on Saturday.

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

First you need to do 5x5=25