A school is raising money to build a new auditorium! It costs $6,500 to hire a worker to put in new floors in the auditorium. The other information about the cost of the project is below:
The teachers have already raised $500.
There are twelve teachers trying to help the school raise money and each teacher raises the same amount of money.
The teachers organize a car wash and earn $10 for each car they wash.
How many cars must each teacher wash to raise enough money to complete the new auditorium?
Forgot to divide by twelve:
650/12=54
Each teacher will have to wash approx. 54 cars.
600/12=50
Each teacher will have to wash exactly 50 cars.
Worker costs: $6,500
Money raised: $500
$10/car wash
$6500/$10=650 cars
If you are looking for the answer subtract the money that has already been raised, it would be:
$6,500-$500=$6000
$6000/$10=600 cars
To find out how many cars each teacher must wash, we need to first determine the remaining amount of money needed to complete the new auditorium.
The cost of hiring a worker to put in new floors in the auditorium is $6,500.
The teachers have already raised $500.
Therefore, the remaining amount needed to complete the project is $6,500 - $500 = $6000.
Since there are twelve teachers trying to help raise money and each teacher raises the same amount of money, we can divide the remaining amount needed by the number of teachers.
$6000 ÷ 12 = $500.
So, each teacher needs to raise $500.
Since each car wash earns $10, we divide the amount each teacher needs to raise by the amount earned per car wash.
$500 ÷ $10 = 50.
Therefore, each teacher must wash 50 cars to raise enough money to complete the new auditorium.
To determine how many cars each teacher must wash to raise enough money to complete the new auditorium, we need to consider the following information:
1. The cost of hiring a worker to put in new floors in the auditorium is $6,500.
2. The teachers have already raised $500.
3. There are twelve teachers trying to help raise money.
4. Each teacher raises the same amount of money.
5. The teachers earn $10 for each car they wash.
To calculate the number of cars each teacher must wash, we need to find the remaining amount of money needed for the auditorium after the teachers' initial contribution.
Total cost of the auditorium = Cost of hiring a worker + Initial contribution by teachers
Total cost of the auditorium = $6,500 + $500 = $7,000
Now, we can find the amount of money each teacher needs to raise by dividing the remaining cost by the number of teachers.
Amount to be raised by each teacher = Total cost of the auditorium / Number of teachers
Amount to be raised by each teacher = $7,000 / 12 = $583.33 (rounded to the nearest cent)
Since each teacher earns $10 for each car washed, we can determine the number of cars each teacher needs to wash by dividing the amount they need to raise by $10.
Number of cars each teacher needs to wash = Amount to be raised by each teacher / Amount earned per car wash
Number of cars each teacher needs to wash = $583.33 / $10 = 58.333 (rounded to the nearest whole number)
Therefore, each teacher needs to wash approximately 58 cars in order to raise enough money to complete the new auditorium.