Question

Your friend gave you a gift card to a new restaurant. After you spend $36 on dinner there is a balance of $44 left on the gift card. What was the original gift card amount?

Answer 1

`$80`

Explanation:

You can write an equation of the total amount, which equals the amount spent plus balance left or

`x=36+44`

Here `36+44=80`, so `$80` was the original card amount.