Question

For his birthday, Zack and three of his friends went to a movie. They each got a ticket for $8.00 and the same snack from the concession stand. If Zacks mom paid $48 for the groups tickets and snacks how much did each snack set cost?

Answer 1

$4.00

Explanation:

There is, in total, 4 people attending the movies. [Zack and his 3 friends]

If each ticket costs $8.00, we can use 4 x $8.00 to find out how much the tickets costs.

4 x $8.00 = $32.00

If his mom paid $48 dollars in total, to get the amount of money they spent on snacks, we can use $48 - $32.

$48 - 32 = $16

We can now divide $16.00 by 4, as everyone [Zack and his 3 friends] got the same snack from the concession stand, and that leaves us with the equation: $16/4 [also known as 16 divided by 4]

$16/4 = $4.00

Each snack set cost $4.00