Question

Your cell phone company started a rewards club. For every three texts sent, you get 1515 points. You need 18001800 points for a prize. How many texts do you need to send to get that prize?

Answer 1

Divide 1515 by 3. That's the number of points per one text. Take 18001800 and divide it by 505 (the number of points per one text) and that is your answer. 35647 texts.

Answer 2

35,648

Explanation:

Given that

Points scored for sending three texts = 1515

Total points needed to win the prize = 18001800

We need to find

Text needed to be sent to win the prize = x= ?

As per given info

3 texts sent give points = 1515

1 text sent give points = 1515/3

1 text sent give points = 505

Now we can use the following formula to calculate the total number of texts that need to be sent to win 18001800

Total Number of texts = Total Points needed to win the prize/ Points scored by sending a text

x= 18001800/505

x = 35,647.12 texts

this can be approximated to 35,648 texts to win the prize