Having received his weekly allowance, John spent 3/5 of his allowance at the arcade. The next day he spent one third of his remaining allowance at the toy store, and then spent his last $0.80 at the candy store. What is John's weekly allowance?
a.) 2.40
B.) 3.00
c.) 3/20
D.) 3.60
E.) 4.80
This problem is really pissing me off.. 3 months of solid prep and still getting problems like this wrong.. ready to give up...
My incorrect attempt..
I tried to find the fraction that was left out of 1 after the deductions then multiply by X and set = .8
Something like this 1 - (3/5) = 2/5 then take 1/3 of the 2/5 which = 2/15
then i did X(2/15) = .8
Can someone please explain...
a.) 2.40
B.) 3.00
c.) 3/20
D.) 3.60
E.) 4.80
This problem is really pissing me off.. 3 months of solid prep and still getting problems like this wrong.. ready to give up...
My incorrect attempt..
I tried to find the fraction that was left out of 1 after the deductions then multiply by X and set = .8
Something like this 1 - (3/5) = 2/5 then take 1/3 of the 2/5 which = 2/15
then i did X(2/15) = .8
Can someone please explain...
