Question

The local ice cream store earns $165 by selling 55 ice cream cones/How many more ice cream cones does the local ice cream store need to sell to earn a total of $240

Answer 1

25 ice cream cones

Explanation:

To find how many more ice cream cones the local ice cream store needs to sell to earn a total of $240, we need to first determine how much money the store earns from selling one ice cream cone.

• Earnings from one ice cream cone = Total earnings / Number of cones sold

• Earnings from one ice cream cone = $165 / 55 = $3

Now that we've determined that the store earns $3 for each ice cream cone they sell, we can calculate how many more ice cream cones the store needs to sell to earn a total of $240.

We should figure out how much more money the store needs to earn.

• $240 - $165 = $75

Divide the answer by the cost of each ice cream cone.

• $75 / $3 = 25

The ice cream store needs to sell 25 more ice cream cones to earn a total of $240.