Question

Ms. Cassidy is taking students to the movies. Each ticket costs $6. Ms. Cassidy

decides that if she has any extra money left after buying tickets she will buy an
extra-large popcorn that costs $5. If Ms. Cassidy has $395 to spend on tickets,
will she have any leftover money to buy the extra-large popcorn? Explain why or
why not on the lines below.

Answer 1

To determine whether Ms. Cassidy will have any leftover money to buy the extra-large popcorn, we need to calculate the total cost of the movie tickets and compare it to the amount of money she has.

Let's assume Ms. Cassidy buys 'x' tickets. Each ticket costs $6, so the total cost of the tickets can be calculated as 6x.

Given that Ms. Cassidy has $395 to spend on tickets, we can set up an equation:

6x = 395

Now let's solve for 'x':

x = 395 / 6 ≈ 65.83

Since we cannot have a fraction of a ticket, we can round down to the nearest whole number:

x = 65

So Ms. Cassidy can buy a maximum of 65 tickets with $395.

Now, let's calculate the total cost of 65 tickets:

Total cost = 6 * 65 = $390

Since the total cost of the tickets is $390, which is less than the $395 Ms. Cassidy has, she will have some money leftover.

The question states that if she has any extra money left after buying tickets, Ms. Cassidy will buy an extra-large popcorn that costs $5. Since she has $5 left after buying the tickets, she will be able to buy the extra-large popcorn.

Therefore, Ms. Cassidy will have enough money ($5) to buy the extra-large popcorn after purchasing the tickets.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: 64 tickets with $5 left for the extra-large popcorn.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this, we can divide $395 by 6. If the remainder is greater than or equal to 5, she can afford the popcorn. If not, she won't be able to. See attached for the long division. This shows she can buy 65 tickets with $5 left for the popcorn.