Ohdanigirl Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Ok I need fresh eyes on this one... The cost of tickets for a circus performance is as follows: Adult- $7 child - $3 On a Sunday, the total sale of tickets was $12,680. Each parent brought one child to the circus. How many people watched the circus performance that day. I see the problem, now what it means, but can't seem to explain to ds what the process is for working it out. It is a singapore question, no algebraic equations. HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 OK...if I am thinking this through correctly...since each parent brought 1 child...then for each pair the tickets sales are $10...so then you take the total sales of $12,680 divide that by $10 to get 1,268 people...is that right??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Every parent brings one child. What's the cost of a parent/child pair? $7+$3=$10. Can you use the total sales to find how many parent/child pairs were there (divide by $10) and finish it out from there? Once you know how many pairs, remember to multiply by 2 to get the total number of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 OK...if I am thinking this through correctly...since each parent brought 1 child...then for each pair the tickets sales are $10...so then you take the total sales of $12,680 divide that by $10 to get 1,268 people...is that right??? 1268 parent/child pairs--double it for total number of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdanigirl Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 (edited) OK...if I am thinking this through correctly...since each parent brought 1 child...then for each pair the tickets sales are $10...so then you take the total sales of $12,680 divide that by $10 to get 1,268 people...is that right??? Thanks. Edited February 19, 2010 by USDGAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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