You have $15 to buy tickets at the carnival. The tickets cost $5 for 16 tickets.
What are your answer choices?
even more important, what is the question?
They are trying to figure out how much money they need to buy 15 tickets if you need $5 for 16 tickets.
it is more likely that they want to know how many tickets they can get for their $15. Otherwise, why tell us how much money they have?
So, it is clear that more than one question can be asked about this information. They have not provided any questions.
This is the problem with Jiskha sometimes. People don't even bother to finish their questions...
To calculate how many tickets you can buy with $15, you need to determine the cost per ticket.
First, divide the total cost of the tickets ($5) by the number of tickets it covers (16). This will give you the cost per ticket.
$5 ÷ 16 = $0.31 (rounded to the nearest cent)
The cost per ticket is approximately $0.31.
Next, divide the total amount of money you have ($15) by the cost per ticket ($0.31) to determine how many tickets you can buy.
$15 ÷ $0.31 = 48.3870968 (rounded to the nearest whole number)
So, you can buy approximately 48 tickets with $15 at the carnival.