Question

At a town fair, ten tickets cost eight dollars. How many tickets could you expect to receive for twelve dollars, assuming there is no discount for buying more tickets?

Answer 1

The number of dollars per ticket is the price.

So 10 tickets cost 8 dollars, or 8 dollars per 10 tickets, or 8/10 dollars per ticket, which is 80 cents.

12 dollars is more than 8 dollars (obviously), so it should buy more tickets.

12 dollars divided by 8/10 dollars per ticket is 12 divided by (8/10) = 12 x (10/8) = 15 tickets.

You can sort of see this... of the 12 dollars, the first 8 buys 10 tickets, just like in the problem. Then you have 4 dollars left, which buys half as many tickets, or 5. All together, you have 15.

Answer 2

thanks so much ! x

Answer 3

Does it make sense? Hope it helped :)

Answer 4

yes, i was really confused but you explained it really well c: