Maggie has an after-school job that pays her $5.00 for every magazine subscription she can sell. She sells 4 to her parents, 1 to her grandfather, 2 to the next-door neighbor and twice that amount to another neighbor. How much money did Maggie earn?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
Maggie sells 2 subscriptions to a neighbor and twice that amount to another neighbor so she sells 2 * 2 = 4 subscriptions to the other neighbor. In total, Maggie sells 4 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 11 subscriptions. She earns $5.00 per subscription she sells so she earns 5 * 11 = $55.00.
Thus, the answer is 55.