Sawyer got a gift card for his birthday and wants to use it for a new video game. The game costs $60, but his gift card only covers 50% of that. If his mom covers the rest and says that he can pay her 20% of that amount each week, how many weeks will it take him to pay her back?
he pays 1/5 each week, so 5 weeks
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Sawyer got a gift card for his birthday and wants to use it for a new video game. The game costs $60, but his gift card only covers 50% of that. If his mom covers the rest and says that he can pay her 20% of that amount each week, how many weeks will it take him to pay her back?
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Well, Sawyer is one lucky birthday boy! Let's do some math, shall we?
The video game costs $60, and his gift card covers 50% of that, which is $30. So, he still owes $60 - $30 = $30.
Now, his mom is a superhero and decides to cover the remaining amount. Sawyer then needs to pay her back 20% of that $30 each week.
To find out how many weeks it will take him to pay her back, we can divide $30 by 20% of $30.
Now, 20% of $30 is $30 * 20% = $30 * 0.2 = $6. So, each week, Sawyer needs to pay his mom $6.
To figure out how many weeks it takes him to pay back the $30, we divide $30 by $6.
$30 / $6 = 5
So, it will take Sawyer 5 weeks to pay back his mom. And during those weeks, he better enjoy that awesome video game!
To find out how many weeks it will take Sawyer to pay back his mom, we can follow these steps:
1. Calculate the remaining amount after using the gift card: Since the gift card covers 50% of the game cost, the remaining amount is 100% - 50% = 50% of $60. We can calculate this as (50/100) * $60 = $30.
2. Calculate 20% of $30: Since Sawyer's mom asks him to pay 20% of the remaining amount each week, we can calculate this as (20/100) * $30 = $6.
3. Calculate the number of weeks it will take to pay back: Divide the remaining amount to pay back ($30) by the amount Sawyer will pay each week ($6). This gives us $30 / $6 = 5 weeks.
Therefore, it will take Sawyer 5 weeks to pay back his mom.