MARCO'S DRAMA CLASS IS PERFORMING A PLAY. HE WANTS TO BUY AS MANY TICKETS AS HE CAN AFFORD. IF TICKETS COST $2.50 EACH AND HE HAS $14.75 TO SPEND, HOW MANY TICKETS CAN HE BUY?
Divide.
To determine the number of tickets Marco can afford, we first need to divide the amount of money he has by the cost of each ticket.
To do this, we divide $14.75 by $2.50:
$14.75 / $2.50 = 5.9
Since we cannot buy a fraction of a ticket, Marco can only buy whole tickets. Therefore, he can buy a maximum of 5 tickets.