Question

The band boosters collected $2400 from the sale of hamburgers and hotdogs.The amount earned from hamburgers and hotdogs were equal.A hamburger sold for three dollars and a hotdog sold for two dollars how many of each were sold?

Answer 1

6,000 for the hotdogs and 4,000 for the hamburgers

Answer 2

400 Hamburgers
600 Hot dogs

Divide 2,400 by two because that's how many items they sold. You'll get 1,200.

Divide 1,200 by 3 because that's how much a hamburger costs and you'll end up with 400

Divide 1,200 by 2 because that's how much a hot dog costs and you'l end up with 600

To check, multiply 400x3 and 600x2

Then add the sums together- 1,200+1,200= 2,400