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Financial Maths, SMB-001

Olivia earned $17.24 per hour working at a pizza store.

This week she worked for  `8 1/4` hours.

She used the money she earned this week to buy concert tickets for herself and her friends.

Each concert ticket cost $14.15.

Calculate the maximum number of concert tickets Olivia could have bought?  (2 marks)

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`10`

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`text(Money earned)` `= 8 1/4 xx 17.24`
  `= $142.23`

 

`:.\ text(Maximum tickets)` `= 142.23/14.15`
  `= 10.05…`
  `= 10`

Filed Under: Earning and Spending Money Tagged With: num-title-ct-corea, smc-4331-10-Wages

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