Joe went to the bank and withdrew $358 from his checkings account and his balance is now at -$96. He later deposited ¾ of his $800 check and put the rest in his savings account. How much money does he have in his checking account?

In this case you're solving for his checking account. In the beginning due to him withdrawing $358 he was left with -$96, assuming that he grabbed more than he could take. But later, he deposited 3/4 of $800 into his checking account.

So you need to find what 3/4 of 800 is first to see how much money he put into his checking account

3/4x800/1=600

But thats not the answer since thats only how much he put into his checking account, not how much he has.

So according to the question he had -96 left in the checking account. Therefore, you have to add the 600 in.

600+-96=504

In case you are wondering why there was a lower number when adding, it was a negative number which causes you to start from -96, but go more right into the number line 600 times.

If you have any questions please ask and I hope this helped! :)