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The seventeen students on the Math Team want to raise $500 to buy practice books. They have already raised $234.63. If each student raises the same amount, how much more money must each student raise?

User Ben Lee
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Answer:

Roughly $29.50 dollars.

Explanation:

To find the answer you would

500 ÷ number of students

to find how much every student should raise.

500 ÷ 17 = 29.41

If we round out to make it simpler, each student must raise $29.50.

User Reshmi Majumder
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