Question

Medium sodas cost $1.25 and hot dogs cost $2.50.

Natalie’s group brought in pizzas but is buying the drinks at concession stand. How many medium sodas can Natalie’s group buy with $20? Make a table to show answer.

Answer 1

She could buy 16 sodas

Answer 2

They can buy 16 sodas.

Explanation:

We know that each soda costs $15. So, if they have $20 to buy sodas, we can find the amount of sodas by applying the rule of three:

So, if one cost $15, how many soda could they but with $20?

`x=$20(1soda)/($1.25) =16(sodas)`

If we make a table would be like this:

Amount of Soda Cost ($)

1 1.25

2 2.50

3 3.75

4 5

5 6.25

6 7.50

7 8.75

8 10

9 11.25

10 12.50

11 13.75

12 15

13 16.25

14 17.50

15 18.75

16 20

Therefore, with $20 they can buy 16 sodas.