Question

Tyrell bought 6 video games this summer. Each game cost 27 dollars. If Tyrell had 379 dollars left after he bought the video games, how much money did he start with?

Answer 1

Tyrell started with 541 $

There are two actions in the question.

First Tyrell bought 6 video games, each game cost 27 $.

Spent

According to that Tyrell spent

6 * 27 = 162 $

Keeps

The second fact is that after shopping Tyrell keeps 379 $.

If Tyrell spent 162 $ and still keeps 379 $, that means that the total amount of money Tyrell had is the sum of the money he spent plus the money he has

Now if we call "x" the quantity of money Tyrrel started with: Then

x  =  the money Tyrell spent on video games  plus the remaining 379 $

Then

x  =  162  + 379

x = 541 $

Answer 2

Tyrell started with $541.

First you must know the total amount of money spent on the games. For that Tyrell bought 6 video games this summer and each game cost 27 dollars. So to calculate the amount spent, the number of games purchased must be multiplied by the price of each one:

6 video games* 27 dollars each game= 162 dollars

So Tyrell spends 162 dollars.

On the other hand, you know that Tyrell had 379 dollars left after he bought the video games. This indicates that after spending $ 162 on video games, there were $ 379 left over. To know the amount of money that Tyrell had, you must add the amount spent on games and the money that was left over:

162 dollars + 379 dollars= 541 dollars

So, Tyrell started with $541.