Three children each had the same amount of money in their savings accounts. One of the children withdrew a quater of her money and spent it all on a $25 T-shirt. What was the total amount of money originally in the accounts?

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9 September, 13:24

Three children each had the same amount of money in their savings accounts. One of the children withdrew a quater of her money and spent it all on a $25 T-shirt. What was the total amount of money originally in the accounts?

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Bolton · Answer 1

The accounts each held $100 originally.

Valeria Harding · Answer 2

If this one child used a quarter of her money, and that quarter was $25, then you would have to multiply 25 by four, since there are four quarters in a whole. So 25 times 4 is 100, therefore, each child had $100 in their accounts.