Question

The art museum is giving away tickets to the Greco exhibit. Today, the museum expects to give away 150 percent of the 800 tickets that it gave away yesterday. Martin is trying to figure out how many tickets the museum will give away today. His work is shown below.

What mistake did Martin make?
a- Martin should have multiplied 150 by 8.
b- Martin should have divided 100 by 8.
c- Martin should have added 150 and 800
d- Martin should have multiplied 150 and 800,

Answer 1

Martin's mistake involves miscalculating the number of tickets given away today by not multiplying 800 by 1.5 to find 150 percent of the initial amount.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is trying to figure out how many tickets the museum will give away today if they are giving away 150 percent of the 800 tickets given away yesterday. The correct calculation for this would involve finding 150 percent of 800, which is equivalent to multiplying 800 by 1.5 (since 150 percent is the same as 1.5 times).

The mistake Martin made is not accurately described in the options provided, but the intended correct process would involve multiplication, not addition or division. Thus, the answer closest to the correct process would be d- Martin should have multiplied 150 and 800, however, the actual calculation should be 800 multiplied by 1.5.