Question

An amusement park charges $15.00 do admission and $.50 for each ride . You spend $27.00 total . How many rides did you go on?

Answer 1

that should help!

Answer 2

lol....yes, that should do it

Answer 3

First you subtract the price of admission (15.00) from how much you spent (27.00). Then you take the money that is left over (which should be 12.00) and divide it by .50 (.50 because that's how much the rides cost.) Your answer should be 24 rides.
When you divide .50 into 12.00 make sure that you move the decimal over to the right two spaces. So the division problem should look like this...