Question

Question

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

6 tickets
6 tickets

2 tickets
2 tickets

1 ticket
1 ticket

3 tickets

Answer 1

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

1. Cost of the hat: $12.50

2. Total money Joseph has: $34.25

3. Money left after buying the hat:

   \[ 34.25 - 12.50 = 21.75 \]

Next, we find out how many tickets he can buy with the remaining money:

1. Cost of each ticket: $7.25

2. Number of tickets he can buy:

   \[ \frac{21.75}{7.25} \approx 3 \]

Now, let's check if he can buy 3 tickets, and the total cost for 3 tickets:

• Cost of 3 tickets:

  \[ 3 \times 7.25 = 21.75 \]

Adding the cost of the hat:

• Total spent:

  \[ 12.50 + 21.75 = 34.25 \]

Joseph can buy 3 tickets and still have enough money.

So the answer is:

3 tickets