Question

Mai has $36 to spend on movie tickets. Each movie ticket costs $4.50. How many

tickets can she buy?
3. Write a multiplication equation and a division equation to represent this situation.

Answer 1

Mai can buy 36 / 4.5 = 8 tickets.

The multiplication equation representing this situation is:

x * 4.5 = 36

The division equation representing this situation is:

36 / 4.5 = x

Where x is the number of tickets.