Question

The 8th grade soccer team has a budget of $650. Soccer cleats cost $40, shin guards cost $20, and the uniform cost $15. If each player must have cleats, shin guards, and a uniform, how many players will the budget cover? Explain how you knew this.

Answer 1

the answer is 8

Explanation:

Add 40+20+15

once you do that you get 75. You then take 650 and divide by 75.

In result you get 8.66666666666 repeated.

So you can only have 8 players.

Answer 2

8 players will get all these items.

Explanation:

The 8th grade soccer team has a budget of $650.

Soccer cleats cost $40, shin guards cost $20, and the uniform cost $15.

And all these are required by all players.

So, total cost per player =
`40+20+15=75` dollars

And total money the team has = $650

So, the number of players that will be covered from this budget is =

`(650)/(75)` = 8.66 (rounded to 8)

So, a total of 8 players will get all these items.

Note: If we round this to 9, then the budget will exceed to
`9*75=675` dollars