Question

Trinity and Peyton were collecting box tops for their class. Trinity collected 36 box tops. Peyton collected

1 ½ times as many. How many cans did they collect all together?

Answer 1

Note: We need to find the number of total box tops instated of total number of cans.

Given:

Trinity collected 36 box tops.

Peyton collected
`1(1)/(2)` times as many as Trinity.

To find:

The number of box tops they did collect all together.

Solution:

It is given that,

Number of box tops collected by Trinity = 36

Number of box tops collected by Peyton =
`1(1)/(2)* 36`

=
`(3)/(2)* 36`

=
`54`

Total =
`36+54`

=
`90`

Therefore, the total number of box tops collect all together is 90.