Question

You are saving money for a PS5. One month you saved $115 This is about 1/4 of the money total 1 money needed for the gaming system. What is the total amount needed?

Answer 1

Let the total amount needed be n

Then,

$\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{4}\times n=115 \\ \Rightarrow\frac{n}{4}=\frac{115}{1} \\ \text{Crossmultiplying, we have} \\ n=4\times115=460 \end{gathered}$

Hence the total amount needed is $460