Question

A sixth-grade science club needs $180 to pay for the tickets to ascience museum. All tickets cost the same amount.What could 180 ÷ 15 mean in this situation? Describe two differentpossible meanings of this expression. then, find the quotient and explain what it means in each case

Answer 1

since the total cost is given $180, then, this cost can be found through the product between the number of students in sixth grade and the cost per ticket at the science museum.

then, if 15 were the number of students in sixth grade you could find the cost per ticket at the museum through the quotient

`\begin{gathered} (180)/(15)=\text{price per ticket} \\ 12=\text{price per ticket } \end{gathered}`

you if 15 was the cost per ticket at the museum youcould find the number of students in sixth grade through the quotient

`\begin{gathered} (180)/(15)=number\text{ of students} \\ 12=numberofstudents \end{gathered}`