Sally has enough money to buy either 8d wallets or 12 coin boxes. She bought 11 wallets and 3 coin boxes. How many more wallets can she buy with her remaining money?(give your answers in term of d)
"Sally has enough money to buy either 8d wallets or 12 coin boxes. She bought 11 wallets and 3 coin boxes. How many more wallets can she buy with her remaining money?(give your answers in term of d)"
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Since Sally can buy up to 12 coin boxes and has already bought 3, she has, therefore, already spent:
3/12 =25% of her money.
She can, therefore, buy: 75% x 8d =6d wallets in total. But since she has already bought 11 wallets, it therefore follows that she can buy:
6d - 11 additional wallets.