Question

lorinda is given pocket money for a week she decides to spend 2/5 of the money on breakfast, 1/6 of the remaining on snack and 3/4 of what is still remaining on lunch for a day. if she will be left with Gh¢ 100.00 after the first day of making the above expenses,
i. how much money does she have as pocket money
ii. if she is follow the daily budget above, would the money be sufficient for the week

Answer 1

starting amount --- x
after spending 2/5 of it on breakfast, amount left = 3x/5
spends 1/6 of that on snacks, leaving (5/6)(3x/5) = x/2
spends 3/4 of that on lunch leaving with (1/4)(x/2) = x/8

so x/8 = 100
x = 800