Question

An amusement park sold an average of 280 tickets in 4 hours. If this rate continues, how many tickets will they sell in 7 hours? *

Answer 1

490

Divide 280 by 4 to get average of 70 tickets an hour.

Multiple 70 X 7= 490

Answer 2

490 tickets in 7 hours

Explanation:

280 tickets per 4 hours

We need to find out how many tickets they made per hour.

So: 280/40

=70 tickets

70 tickets per hour

We then need to find how many ticket they made in 7 hours.

So: 70 x 7

=490 tickets