Question

Each ticket to a school dance is $4 the total amount collected in ticket sales is $332 what is an equation for the number of students attending the dance

Answer 1

Each ticket = an individual student.
322 is the total amount

so the equation you use is $322 divided by $4
WHY: this is so you can find the amount of $4 in $322. This is basically finding the number of students attending the dance.