Problema Solution

Robbie gets £6.00 pocket money each week.

He spends 3/8 of his money on comics and 1/3 of his money on books

He saves the rest of his money.

How many weeks will it take him to save £20?

Answer provided by our tutors

each week he saves =(1-3/8-1/3)6 =42/24

so he ll save 20 in 

 

42/24 t =20

t =480/42 =80/7 weeks

=11.43 weeks