Homework Help: hard 5th Grade Math

Posted by Kristiana on Monday, October 1, 2012 at 9:46pm.

Two 5th grade classes raised money for their local animal shaelters.There are 20 students in Class A. Each student raised 12$.
There are 26 students in Class B raised 1.5 times as much as each student in Class A.

A. How much money was raised altogether in both classes? Show your work and explain your answer.

B. The money raised went to 2 shelters. One shelter recieved twice as much as the other. How much shelter did each shelter recieve? Show your work and explain your answer.

hard 5th Grade Math - Reiny, Monday, October 1, 2012 at 10:24pm
Class A raised 20 x 12 or $240
Class B raised 26 x 1.5 x 12 = $468

total raised = $708

split the 708 into 3 parts
give one shelter two of those parts, and the other shelter one part

708/3 = 236

shelter 1 gets 2 x 236 = $472
shelter 2 gets 1 x 236 = $236

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