Maya's bike fund (4 steps)
Maya wants a bike that costs two hundred dollars. Let's figure out how much more she needs to save.
She earns fifteen dollars a week for eight weeks of chores, gets forty dollars from her grandma, and spends twenty-five dollars on a gift.
That's four steps: multiply, add, subtract, then subtract again. We'll track each total as we go.
First, chores. Fifteen dollars times eight weeks equals one hundred twenty dollars.
Next, add grandma's gift. One hundred twenty plus forty equals one hundred sixty dollars.
Then subtract the gift she bought. One hundred sixty minus twenty-five equals one hundred thirty-five dollars saved.
Last step: subtract from her goal. Two hundred minus one hundred thirty-five equals sixty-five dollars.
Let's check. About one twenty, plus forty is one sixty, minus twenty-five is one thirty-five. Two hundred minus that is sixty-five. Reasonable!
Maya still needs sixty-five dollars to buy her bike. Great teamwork!