Question

Kurt earns $6 a week for doing chores. How many weeks will it take him toearn50 if he has already earned $10? Explain how you found your answer

Answer 1

Kurt already has $10 and he earns $6 per week.

Then, the number n of weeks that it will take to Kurt earn reach $50 is given by:

n = (50 - 10)/6 = 40/6 = 20/3 = 6.67

If we round this result to a whole number, we will find that it will take 7 weeks to Kurt earn $50.