This will make you think!

[AsFastAsYou]

You see a shirt for £97 pound,
You don't have the money so you borrow £50 Off your mum, And £50 off your Dad. You pay for the shirt, and give £1 back to your Mum & a Pound back to your Dad. You keep the other Pound, So now you owe them £49 each.
£49+£49=£98... You kept a pound, where does the other pound come from?!

It got me confused...

[Circadia]

does it have something to do with your weight? Like you add on a pound in weight i dunno

[Neversoft]

I wouldn't pay £97 for a shirt.

[Circadia]

There is no missing pound.

You've already paid back 1 pound each to your parents so the total debt should only add up to 98, and it does.

You owe your mum £49 and your dad £49 and you have 1 pound + a shirt.

The '+ your £1' bit is the part in there to confuse you.

[Mr-Trainor]

Lol confused me at first! This should make it seem less confusing :
+100 (50 from mum, 50 from dad)-97 (for the shirt)
-1 (you keep)
-1 (to mum)
-1 (to dad)
= 0 left .

[Neversoft]

Lol confused me at first! This should make it seem less confusing :
+100 (50 from mum, 50 from dad)-97 (for the shirt)
-1 (you keep)
-1 (to mum)
-1 (to dad)
= 0 left .

That's not the point, though. You owe your parents £49 each after giving them both £1 back, which is £98 altogether and the £1 you kept brings that to £99, hence the 'missing' pound.

[Mr-Trainor]

That's not the point, though. You owe your parents £49 each after giving them both £1 back, which is £98 altogether and the £1 you kept brings that to £99, hence the 'missing' pound.

You've confused me again .

You borrowed £100. You paid £2 back, which means you now owe £98. The £97 t shirt and the £1 you kept also adds up to £98.

[Chippiewill]

Yeah, the mistake here is trying to add the two £49 and the £1 together to make £100 when you're actually taking £1 away from the two £49 to make £97

[Blinger]

It's called interest.

[Cerys]

Owe: 100 Spent: 97 3pound left. Give your mum 1pound Dad one pound. You keep a pound.

theygiveyou 98, you spend 97 and keep 1. Balences out