a school football team is selling chips to fundraise for new jerseys. if they charge $2.50 per bag of chips, how many bags will they need to sell to raise $1,000.00?

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To determine how many bags of chips the school football team needs to sell to raise $1,000.00, you can use the following steps:

  1. Determine the selling price per bag.
    The team charges $2.50 per bag.

  2. Determine the total amount they want to raise.
    They want to raise $1,000.00.

  3. Calculate the number of bags needed to sell.
    To find this, divide the total amount to raise by the price per bag: \[ \text{Number of bags} = \frac{\text{Total amount to raise}}{\text{Price per bag}} = \frac{1000}{2.50} \]

  4. Perform the calculation: \[ \frac{1000}{2.50} = 400 \]

So, the school football team will need to sell 400 bags of chips to raise $1,000.00.