Question

Jen bought 4 tickets. Amber bought 5 tickets. The tickets cost $2 each. How much did the girls spend on tickets in all?1. What is the hidden question you need to answer before you can solve the problem?2. Solve the problem. Complete the bar diagrams. Show the equations you used.3. How would your equations change if Amber bought only 3 tickets? EXPLAIN.3rd grade student

Answer 1

1. The girls spent $18 on tickets

2. Not enough information was provided

3. The last product would be 3x2 if Amber had bought only 3 tickets.

1) Gathering the data:

Jen: 4 tickets

Amber: 5 tickets

Price of each: $

2) To find out how much did the girls spend let's write out an expression:

`4*2\text{ +}5*2=8+10=\text{ 18}`

So the girls spent $18 on tickets in all.

3) If Amber had bought only 3 tickets then this equation would change this way:

`4*2+3*2=\text{ 8 +6 =14}`

The factor 5 would be replaced by 3 then.

3) Hence the answer is:

1.The girls spent $18 on tickets

2. Not enough infomation provided

3. The last product would be 3x2 if Amber had bought only 3 tickets.