Members of a little league football team were asked to sell food items as a fundraiser. Popcorn and hotdogs were sold.

Question

Popcorn was sold for $1.50 each
Hotdogs were sold for $1.25 each
There were a total of 256 items sold.
Of the items sold,
5/8 were hotdogs and the remaining was popcorn.
How much money did the football team raise from the popcorn that was sold?

$120.00

$96.00

$144.00

$160.00

Answer 1

The total number of items sold was 256.

5/8 of the items sold were hotdogs, which is equal to (5/8) * 256 = 160 hotdogs.

The remaining items that were sold were popcorn, which is equal to the total number of items sold minus the number of hotdogs sold: 256 - 160 = 96 popcorns.

The popcorns were sold for $1.50 each, so the total amount of money raised from selling the popcorns is 96 * $1.50 = $<<96*1.5=144.00>>144.00.

Therefore, the correct answer is $144.00.