Question

Jackson School is doing a fundraiser selling magazine subscriptions. The magazine publisher will pay the school a starting bonus of $500 and then $4 for each subscription sold. At the end of the fundraiser, the school is paid a total of $1360. How many subscriptions did they sell?

Answer 1

Answer: 215 subscriptions

Explanation:

First, remove the starting bonus of $500 to find out the amount that was acquired from subscription sales:

= 1,360 - 500

= $860

The school is paid $4 for every subscription and they made $860 from this. The total number of subscription was therefore:

= 860 / 4

= 215 subscriptions