At the fair, a ticket for the giant roller coaster costs $3 for an adult and $2 for a child under twelve. The chart below gives the total number of people who rode the roller coaster over the last two days.

Adults Children

Saturday 488 308

Sunday 518 294

What computation will give an approximate total of the amount of money collected at the roller coaster for the two days?

5 (1,600)

3 (900) + 2 (500)

3 + 1,000 + 2 + 600

3 (1,000) + 2 (600)

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Ali Bowers

8 March, 18:12

At the fair, a ticket for the giant roller coaster costs $3 for an adult and $2 for a child under twelve. The chart below gives the total number of people who rode the roller coaster over the last two days.

Adults Children

Saturday 488 308

Sunday 518 294

What computation will give an approximate total of the amount of money collected at the roller coaster for the two days?

5 (1,600)

3 (900) + 2 (500)

3 + 1,000 + 2 + 600

3 (1,000) + 2 (600)

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Meghan Maxwell · Answer 1

3 (1,000) + 2 (600) is the answer ecause 488+518 is about 1000 an the tickets for adults are $3 and 308+294 is about 600 and the tickets for kids were $2.