500 tickets being sold at 2.00 per ticket but you can get 3 tickets for 5.00 if all the tickets are sold at 3 for 5.00 how much money will be earned when all tickets are sold
The tickets can not all be sold in groups of 3.
500 / 3 = 166.667
Use ratios, fractions, and tape diagrams to get the answer of $194 dollars. I'm a sixth grader who figured this out in under 3 minutes.
To calculate the total amount of money earned when all tickets are sold, we need to determine how many groups of 3 tickets can be made from the total of 500 tickets. Let's break it down step by step:
Step 1: Calculate the number of groups of 3 tickets:
Since 3 tickets are sold for $5.00, one group of 3 tickets costs $5.00.
To find the number of groups, divide the total number of tickets (500) by 3:
500 tickets ÷ 3 tickets/group = 166.67 groups
Since we can't sell a fraction of a group, we need to round down to the nearest whole number, which means we can make 166 groups.
Step 2: Calculate the total amount earned from those groups:
Each group of 3 tickets costs $5.00, so multiply the number of groups (166) by the cost of each group ($5.00):
166 groups × $5.00/group = $830.00
Therefore, when all tickets are sold at 3 tickets for $5.00, a total of $830.00 will be earned.