A movie ticket for an adult costs $8.00, and a child's ticket cost $5.50. One adult is taking a group of children to the movies. She has $35.00. How many children can she take with her to the movies
take 35 minus 8 for the adult that's going
35-8=27
she has 27 dollars to spend on children
it costs 5.50 for one child to go, so you take 27/5.50
you get 4.9
only four full children can go because you don't have enough money for a fifth one
first subtract: 35 - 8 becasue you know that eight dollars will be used up on the one adult. then divided 5.5 into that number to see how man kids can be taken. round down to a whole number because you cannot have half a kid. :)
Now how do I write it in algebra form. So will 4 be my X?
The amount spent must be less than or equal to $35. It consists of $8 plus $5.50 for every child taken (X).
8 + 5.5X < 35
Solve just as you would any equation.
I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.
To find out how many children the adult can take to the movies, we need to divide the total amount the adult has by the cost of a child's ticket.
Step 1: Calculate how many child tickets can be bought with the money available.
Amount available for child tickets = $35.00
Cost of a child's ticket = $5.50
To find out how many child tickets can be bought, divide the amount available by the cost of each ticket:
$35.00 รท $5.50 = 6.36
Step 2: Determine the whole number of child tickets that can be bought.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a child, we need to round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, the adult can take a maximum of 6 children to the movies.