Your class earned $115 Saturday afternoon by washing cars to raise money for a class trip. This is one/6 of the money needed for the trip. What is the total amount needed?

Answer 1

To find the total amount needed for the trip, we can set up the equation based on the information given. If $115 is one-sixth of the total amount needed, we can denote the total amount needed as \( x \).

The relationship can be expressed as:

\[ \frac{1}{6} x = 115 \]

To solve for \( x \), we multiply both sides of the equation by 6:

\[ x = 115 \times 6 \]

Calculating the right side:

\[ x = 690 \]

Thus, the total amount needed for the trip is $690.