Question

Raffle tickets were sold for a school fundraiser to parents, teachers, and students. 563 tickets were sold to teachers. 888 more tickets were sold to students than to teachers. 904 tickets were sold to parents

Answer 1

Given :

Raffle tickets were sold for a school fundraiser to parents, teachers, and students. 563 tickets were sold to teachers. 888 more tickets were sold to students than to teachers. 904 tickets were sold to parents.

To Find :

How many tickets were sold to students.

Solution :

Ticket sold to teachers, T = 563 .

Ticket sold to parents, P = 904 .

Let, ticket sold to students are S.

Now, it is given that :

S = T + 904

S = 563 + 904

S = 1467  students

Therefore, tickets sold to students are 1467 .

Hence, this is the required solution.