Word problems with a tabular information
Last updated: 13 Oct 2008
Now for another example of a word problem that we will use a different technique to solve.
This time we will summarize the information that we are given in the form of a table.
At a football game 50% of the seats are sold to season ticket holders who pay $11 each and 10% are sold to children who pay $5 each. All the remaining tickets are sold to non-members at $15 each. What proportion of the total gate receipts for the game is contributed by non-members?
- 60%
- 52%
- 50%
- 40%
- 5%
If you would like to try the question now if you like.
You should follow these guidelines.
- Summarize
- Organize the information you are given into a table.
- Identify answer i.e. mark on the table exactly what you are looking for.
- Solve
- Keep calculating more elements in the table until you arrive at the answer you need.
Let us answer the question together.
Contents
- Introduction
- Word problems with equations
- Summarize word problems using equations
- Solving equations
- Word problems with a tabular information
- Summarize a word problem using a table
- Solving word problems with a table
- Summary of word problems and algebra
Practice questions
