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Fundraising for a School Event

Your class is organizing a fundraiser to support a school event, and you need to determine how many items to sell and how much money to raise.
Scenario:
You need to raise $800 for the event.
The class decides to sell tickets to a school play for $10 each and snacks for $2 each.
Each student will sell 5 tickets and snacks, and you have 25 students in the class.
How much money will the class raise in total? Will it be enough to meet the $800 goal?

1 answer

To determine how much money the class will raise, we will calculate the total sales from both the tickets and the snacks.

  1. Calculate total ticket sales:

    • Each student sells 5 tickets.
    • With 25 students, the total number of tickets sold is: \[ 25 \text{ students} \times 5 \text{ tickets/student} = 125 \text{ tickets} \]
    • The price of each ticket is $10, so the total revenue from ticket sales is: \[ 125 \text{ tickets} \times $10/\text{ticket} = $1250 \]

  2. Calculate total snack sales:

    • Each student sells 5 snacks.
    • With 25 students, the total number of snacks sold is: \[ 25 \text{ students} \times 5 \text{ snacks/student} = 125 \text{ snacks} \]
    • The price of each snack is $2, so the total revenue from snack sales is: \[ 125 \text{ snacks} \times $2/\text{snack} = $250 \]

  3. Calculate total revenue from both ticket and snack sales: \[ $1250 \text{ (from tickets)} + $250 \text{ (from snacks)} = $1500 \]

  4. Determine if the total raised is enough to meet the goal:

    • The fundraising goal is $800.
    • The class will raise a total of $1500.

Since $1500 is greater than $800, the fundraising efforts will more than meet the goal. The class will raise $1500 in total, which is sufficient to support the school event.