The rides at the carnival cost $1.50 each. How many rides can you go on if you have $13?

Question

The rides at the carnival cost $1.50 each. How many rides can you go on if you have $13?

Answer 1

Hi Dawn,

First, list out the known information:

We have $13.

Each ride is $1.50. Two rides is $3.00 (1.50 x 2) and so forth. So for x rides, we would have spent $1.50 x (x) dollars.

Therefore, we simply need to solve for 13 = 1.50x

Hope this helps!

-Winn