Question

Janet's paycheck was $248.60. She put 1/4 of her paycheck into a checking account and 1/5 of what was left to buy dinner for her family. How much money does she have remaining from her paycheck? Show Work!

Answer 1

Janet has remaining $ 149.16 in her paycheck

Solution:

Given that Janet's paycheck was $248.60

She put 1/4 of her paycheck into a checking account

Therefore amount put into checking account is given as:

$\text {amount put into checking account }=\frac{1}{4} \times 248.60=62.15$

So she spent $ 62.15 into checking account

Now the remaining paycheck amount left is:

remaining paycheck amount left = 248.60 - 62.15 = 186.45

Therefore remaining paycheck amount left is $ 186.45

Now she spent 1/5 of what was left to buy dinner for her family

$\text { Amount spend on dinner }= \frac{1}{5} \times 186.45 = 37.29$

So she spent $ 37.29 on dinner

Now the remaining paycheck amount left is:

remaining paycheck amount left = 186.45 - 37.29 = 149.16

Thus Janet has remaining $ 149.16 in her paycheck