Question

Melissa sold 18 raffle tickets for the school fundraiser. Jonah sold half as many tickets as Melissa. Shona sold 1.5 times as many tickets as Melissa. If each ticket cost $6, how much money did the students raise?​

Answer 1

Total money raised by the students = $324

Explanation:

Raffle tickets sold by Melissa = 18

'Jonah sold half as many tickets as Melissa'

Jonah sold the raffle tickets =
`(1)/(2)* 18=9`

'Shona sold 1.5 times as many as Melissa'

Tickets sold by Shona = 1.5 × 18 = 27

Total number of raffle tickets sold by all of them = 18 + 9 +27 = 54

Since, each ticket cost = $6

Therefore, total money raised by the students = Total number of tickets sold × Cost of each ticket

= 54 × 6

= $324