Question

The drama club collected $160 from ticket sales for the spring play. They need to collect at least $400 to pay for new lighting for the stage. If tickets sell for $3 each, how many more tickets need to be sold?, ANSWER MUST BE WRITTEN ON A NUMBER LINE

Answer 1

We assume all money is spent on new lighting. Since they currently have $160 and need $400 we can subtract what they currently have from what they need.

$400-$160 = $240

Since we know the price of the ticket and now know they need $240 we can divide our $240 with the price of each ticket ($3)

$240/$3 = 80

So the drama club has to sell 80 more tickets in order to afford new lighting