After a storm damages the community center, Shanika and her friends hold fundraising events to help pay for repairs. After the first event they raise $240, which is the 10% of the total amount that they want to raise.

Question

What is the total amount of money that Shanika and her friends want to raise? $?

Answer 1

To find the total amount of money that Shanika and her friends want to raise, given that $240 is 10% of this total, we can set up the following equation:

\[
0.10 \times \text{Total Amount} = 240
\]

To isolate the \text{Total Amount}, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.10:

\[
\text{Total Amount} = \frac{240}{0.10}
\]

Performing the division:

\[
\text{Total Amount} = 2400
\]

Therefore, the total amount of money that Shanika and her friends want to raise is $2400.