Joseph wants to buy tickets for the baseball game and a team hat to wear to the game. He has $34.25. If the hat costs $12.50 and tickets cost $7.25 each, how many tickets can he buy?(1 point)

Responses

2 tickets
2 tickets

6 tickets
6 tickets

1 ticket
1 ticket

3 tickets

1 answer

To determine how many tickets Joseph can buy, we first need to calculate how much money he has left after purchasing the hat.

  1. Calculate the cost of the hat:

    • Hat cost: $12.50
  2. Subtract the cost of the hat from Joseph's total amount:

    • Remaining amount = Total amount - Cost of the hat
    • Remaining amount = $34.25 - $12.50 = $21.75
  3. Now, calculate how many tickets he can buy with the remaining amount:

    • Ticket cost: $7.25
    • Number of tickets = Remaining amount ÷ Ticket cost
    • Number of tickets = $21.75 ÷ $7.25 ≈ 3

Since he can buy 3 tickets within his remaining budget, the correct response is:

3 tickets