Britain bought tickets at a local carnival. He rode the carousel 5 times and the ferris wheel 2 times. Each ride required 3 tickets. Which of the following represents the total number of tickets Britain used?

3 times the quantity of 5 plus 2

5 times the quantity of 2 plus 3

3 times 5 times 2

5 plus 2 times 3

Question

Britain bought tickets at a local carnival. He rode the carousel 5 times and the ferris wheel 2 times. Each ride required 3 tickets. Which of the following represents the total number of tickets Britain used?

 3 times the quantity of 5 plus 2

 5 times the quantity of 2 plus 3

 3 times 5 times 2

 5 plus 2 times 3

anonymous · Answer

i would go with the first one

anonymous · Answer

total number of rides is $5+2$ and each was 3 tickets so $3(5+2)$ 
what a weird question!!

anonymous · Answer

At this rate i wont graduate

anonymous · Answer

5 rides and 2 rides is 7 rides, 3 tickets for each so total number of tickets is $7\times 3=21$

anonymous · Answer

must be some new math i never seen

anonymous · Answer

yeah if they keep asking you questions like these, with the proposed answers, you could do this forever before you came up with the 21 tickets you could have computed instantly in your head
like i said, new math...

anonymous · Answer

wait, let me guess
home school packet?  (not to be critical)

anonymous · Answer

I take my college classes online

anonymous · Answer

i see

agent0smith · Answer

It is a bit odd, but i guess it's testing the ability to interpret word problems and have answers in word form... and maybe testing the distributive property.

You could do it this way

each ride reqs 3 tickets:

 rode the carousel 5 times = 5*3

ferris wheel 2 times = 2*3

total number of tickets = 5*3 + 2*3 = 3(5+2)