The three seventh grade classes at Sunview Middle School collected the most boxtops for a school fundraiser. They won a $600 prize to share among them. Mr. Aceves' class collected 3,760 box tops, Mrs. Baca's class collected 2,301, and Mr. Canyon's class collected 1,855. How should they divide the money so that each class gets the same fraction of the prize money as the fraction of the box tops that they collected? Explain your reasoning.

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Koen Erickson

24 January, 14:27

The three seventh grade classes at Sunview Middle School collected the most boxtops for a school fundraiser. They won a $600 prize to share among them. Mr. Aceves' class collected 3,760 box tops, Mrs. Baca's class collected 2,301, and Mr. Canyon's class collected 1,855. How should they divide the money so that each class gets the same fraction of the prize money as the fraction of the box tops that they collected? Explain your reasoning.

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Delilah · Answer 1

Since Mr. Aceve's class collected 3,760 they should receive $300 of the prize money, Mrs. Baca's class collected 2,301 they should receive $200, Mr. Canyon's class collected 1,855 they should receive $100.