Homework Help: Math Word Problem Help

Posted by Betty Anne on Monday, February 11, 2013 at 3:44pm.

Your high school is having a spring carnival. Admission into the carnival is $3 and each game inside the carnival costs $.50. Write an inequality that represents the possible number of games that can be played having $20. What is the maximum number of games that can be played?

Math Word Problem Help - Reiny, Monday, February 11, 2013 at 5:05pm
let the number of games played be x

.5x+ 3 ≤ 20
.5x ≤ 17
x ≤ 34

max number of games is 34

check: What is the cost of 34 games plus the admission?

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