Question

Jakob was asked to write an equation and solve this problem. Max saved enough money to buy three tickets to a baseball game. If each ticket costs $18.75, how much money did Max save? Jakob’s work is shown below.

Answer 1

$56.25

Explanation:

His savings were equal to the cost of 3 tickets, therefore

Savings = 3 × 18.75

Savings = 56.25

Answer 2

$56.25

Explanation:

We know that Max has just enough money to buy 3 tickets that each cost $18.75, so let's write the expression:

18.75 * 3

We just solve this by multiplication:

18.75 * 3 = $56.25

Max saved $56.25.