Question

The cost to play the game is $2. The winner gets $6 for making green. Suppose 36 people play the game. How much money will the school take in from this game before giving out prize money? *

Answer 1

$72

Explanation:

You are trying to determine how much money the school will take in before giving out prize money. Knowing this, you can actually ignore the $6 that the winner will get because you are not worried about giving out the prize money yet. You are only worried about how much you will make before the prize money.

So, you can do simple multiplication to find the answer:

price per game * amount of people playing game = money made from games

$2 * 36 = x

$72 = x

Answer 2

$72

Explanation:

I did 36 x 2. I did not subtract the -6 for the prize money because it says not to.