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?

$144.00

$160.00

$120.00

$96.00

Answer 1

To find the amount of money the football team raised from the popcorn that was sold, we first need to find the number of popcorn items sold.

The problem states that 5/8 of the items sold were hotdogs. This means that 3/8 of the items sold were popcorn (since 5/8 + 3/8 = 1).

We can set up the equation (3/8) * 256 = X to find X, the number of popcorn items sold.

The equation simplifies to (3/8) * 256 = X.

To solve for X, we multiply 3 by 256 and then divide by 8: (3 * 256) / 8 = 96.

Therefore, 96 popcorn items were sold.

To find the amount of money raised from the popcorn, we multiply the number of popcorn items sold by the price per item: 96 * $1.50 = $<<96*1.5=144.00>>144.00.

Therefore, the football team raised $144.00 from the popcorn that was sold.

The correct answer is $144.00.