Museum Membership

Question

A person can pay $24 for a membership to the art museum and then go to the museum for just $1 per visit. For a member of the art museum, what is the total cost of 26 visits?

Answer 1

Let's write an equation:

c = 24 + n

where n is the number of visits. In the problem, n is 26.

c = 24 + 26 = 50.

Upon first glance, it would be tempting to count the membership for one visit. However, please read the question carefully. If this were a multiple choice question, there would be the wrong answer of 49 as one of the choices.