At Johnson Middle School an average of 500 people attended each of the 15 home basketball games. If admission was $3 per person, about how much money was collected in all?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-16T14:05:40

#$22,500#

Students often make mistakes with this type of question, because they miss some of of the information given.

There were #15# home games played.

About #500# people attended each game.

The admission was #$3# per person.

The money collected at ONE game was: #500xx$3 = $1500#

The total for #15# games was: #$1500 xx 15 = $22,500#

In one step:

#$3# paid by #500# people at each of #15# games:

#3xx500xx15 = $22,500#