Two flatmates receive a bill and agree to share the cost equally.

The idea

Track the total, each share and the payment made after one person advances the money.

Read the text

Dos compañeros de piso reciben una factura de electricidad de ochenta euros. Han acordado dividirla en dos partes iguales. Cada persona debe pagar cuarenta euros.

Una persona adelanta los ochenta euros a la compañía. La otra le transfiere cuarenta euros al día siguiente. Así, cada una ha contribuido la misma cantidad.

Examples

  • Dos compañeros de piso reciben una factura de electricidad de ochenta euros.Two flatmates receive an eighty-euro electricity bill.
  • Han acordado dividirla en dos partes iguales.They have agreed to divide it into two equal shares.
  • Cada persona debe pagar cuarenta euros.Each person must pay forty euros.
  • Una persona adelanta los ochenta euros a la compañía.One person pays the company the full eighty euros upfront.
  • La otra le transfiere cuarenta euros al día siguiente.The other transfers forty euros to them the next day.
  • Así, cada una ha contribuido la misma cantidad.That way, each has contributed the same amount.

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Watch out

The full payment to the company is an advance, not one person’s final share.

Try it yourself

  1. What is the total bill?

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    Ochenta euros

    The bill totals eighty euros, before the two shares are calculated.

  2. How much is each person’s share?

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    Cuarenta euros

    Each share is forty euros, half of the eighty-euro bill.

  3. How much does the second person transfer?

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    Cuarenta euros

    The second person transfers forty euros to reimburse the person who paid upfront.

Use it today

Read the story and its translations, then answer the three questions about the bill and transfer.