Read the six sentences and track the total, each payment and the reimbursement.

The idea

The total is forty lira, so an equal share is twenty each. Zeynep initially pays thirty and Mert ten. Mert gives Zeynep ten, leaving both with a net cost of twenty.

Read the text

Zeynep ve Mert bir afiş bastırdı. Baskı kırk lira tuttu. Masrafı eşit paylaşmaya karar verdiler. Zeynep kasada otuz lira ödedi, Mert ise on lira ödedi. Herkesin payı yirmi liraydı. Mert, Zeynep'e on lira verince ikisinin ödediği miktar eşitlendi.

Examples

  • Zeynep ve Mert bir afiş bastırdı.Zeynep and Mert had a poster printed.
  • Baskı kırk lira tuttu.The printing cost forty lira.
  • Masrafı eşit paylaşmaya karar verdiler.They decided to share the cost equally.
  • Zeynep kasada otuz lira ödedi, Mert ise on lira ödedi.At the till Zeynep paid thirty lira and Mert paid ten.
  • Herkesin payı yirmi liraydı.Each person’s share was twenty lira.
  • Mert, Zeynep'e on lira verince ikisinin ödediği miktar eşitlendi.When Mert gave Zeynep ten lira, their net payments became equal.

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Watch out

Mert gives the money to Zeynep, not to the printer. The final share is twenty each, not the initial amounts.

Try it yourself

  1. How much did the printing cost in total?

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    kırk lira

    Kırk lira: the printing cost forty lira in total.

  2. How much was each person’s share?

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    yirmi lira

    Yirmi lira: forty divided equally between two is twenty each.

  3. Who gave whom how much money?

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    Mert Zeynep'e on lira verdi

    Mert Zeynep’e on lira verdi: this transfers ten from the person who paid ten to the person who paid thirty.

Use it today

Answer in Turkish, then explain how the ten-lira reimbursement makes the final shares equal.