Question

The Ford family decides they want to go see a movie at the local movie theater. The family consists of two adults, and five children where the two youngest children are under the age of two. The prices for the tickets are $18.55 for adults, $12.59 for children (ages 2 - 10) and $6.54 for children under the age of two. The ticket agent tells Mr. Ford the total amount due for his family is $87.95. Use estimation to determine if this is the correct amount.

Answer 1

Ford Family consists of:

a) 2 adults

The price of ticket for each adult is $18.55. This can be approximated to $19 if we round it to nearest dollar. So the price of ticket for 2 adults will be 2 x 19 = $38

b) 3 children between ages 2 and 10.

Ticket for each child between ages 2 - 10 is $12.59 which can be approximated to $13. So ticket price for 3 children will be 3 x 13 = $39

c) 2 children below the age of 2.

Ticket price for each child is $6.54 which can approximated as $7. So ticket price for 2 children will be 2 x 7 = $14

The estimated total amount due on the family equals = 38 + 39 + 14 = $91

In each of the 3 cases we rounded up the values. So this means the actual amount must be slightly lesser than $91. The actual bill was $87.95 which is close to $91 and lesser than it. Hence we can conclude that $87.95 is the correct amount due for Ford Family.