Holly and Sarah want to buy a goose

Question

down pillow for their mother. Their
father told them that down pillows
are very expensive and it would be
very hard for them to save so much
money. They still want to try to save
the money by Christmas. Their father
told them that if they save half of the
money that he would pay for the
other half of the cost. A goose down
pillow costs $118.00. How much money will they have to save before
Christmas?

Answer 1

all that verbiage to find out you need 1/2 of 118 ???