a girl spent

[balooney]

a girl spent one fifth of her cash on stamps and twice as much on postcards and then had £1.00 left how much did she have to start with?

[Valanne]

£2.50

[balooney]

thankyou so much

[chelle7272]

If this is an assessment wouldn't it be better to find out how to work it out than have all the answers given to you?

[yogi-bear]

Chelle's right............have this one on me, balooney......

.....Add the stamps and postcards as fifths.... stamps = 1/5 and postcard as 2/5
1/5 +2/5 = 3/5.... so one pound must be 2/5.
£1.00 / 2 = 50p.
5 x 50p = £2.50.