Question

A school is going to a field trip to the zoo. There were S amount of students. The tickets are 15 dollars each. The school ended giving the school 2,500 dollars for all the tickets.

Write and solve an equation the figure out how many students are going on the trip

Answer 1

Answer: 166 students
Explanation: First your equation will be S times 15 equals 2,500 which will read as: S * 15 = 2,500 , then you will divide 2,500 by 15 which will give you 166.666667, since there cannot be .66 repeating students you will round down and the answer will be 166 students.