Samuel and Jason spend 3/4 of their combined earnings from Wednesday to buy a gift. How much do they spend? Is there enough left over from Wednesday's earnings to buy a card that costs $3.25? Explain.

Earnings:

Samuel - (12.5*0.40)

Jason - (7.1*0.40)

Multiply by $0.40 to find the amount of money they have.

Then multiply the product by 3/4So they would have total earnings of $7.84

Then take $7.84 x 0.75=$5.88

but then the question asks Is there enough left over from Wednesday's earnings to buy a card that costs $3.25

So they spent $5.88 from a total of $7.84