Question

the student council raised 2,790 during its annual fundraiser. the money was shared equally among the events committee the sports committee and the sunshine committee. the sports committee wants to use its share of the money to purchase t shirts. if each t shirt costs $12 what is the greatest number of t shirts the sport committee purchase

Answer 1

The student council raised $2,790 and they have to shared equally among 3 comittees, then:

$\frac{2,790}{3}=930$

Each commitee has a budget of $930, then for the sports committee that wants to purchase t-shirts and each t-shirt costs $12, we can create the following expression:

Let x be the greatest number of t-shirts

$\begin{gathered} 12x=930 \\ x=\frac{930}{12} \\ x=77.5 \end{gathered}$

Rounding, the sport commitee can purchase 77 t-shirts.