Question

BAND BOOSTERS

Use the information below and in the table.

Ashley is selling chocolate bars for$\$1.50$ each to raise money for the band.

17. Write an expression to represent the total amount of money Ashley raised during this week.

Short answer

Expression to represent the total amount of money raised during this week is

$A=\left(10\times 1.50\right)+\left(15\times 1.50\right)+\left(12\times 1.50\right)+\left(8\times 1.50\right)+\left(19\times 1.50\right)+\left(22\times 1.50\right)+\left(31\times 1.50\right)$

Step-by-step solution

- Observation from image

From the given image, write the number of chocolate bars sold in each day of given week.

• On Monday, number of chocolate bars sold is 10.
• On Tuesday, number of chocolate bars sold is 15.
• On Wednesday, number of chocolate bars sold is 12.
• On Thursday, number of chocolate bars sold is 8.
• On Friday, number of chocolate bars sold is 19.
• On Saturday, number of chocolate bars sold is 22.
• On Sunday, number of chocolate bars sold is 31.

- Amount raised each day

As, chocolate bars are selling for $\$1.50$ each. So amount raised each day is:

• On Monday, amount raised is $10\times 1.50$
• On Tuesday, amount raised is $15\times 1.50$
• On Wednesday, amount raised is $12\times 1.50$
• On Thursday, amount raised is $8\times 1.50$
• On Friday, amount raised is $19\times 1.50$
• On Saturday, amount raised is $22\times 1.50$
• On Sunday, amount raised is $31\times 1.50$

- Write expression to represent total amount during this week

To write expression to represent total amount $\left(A\right)$ during given week, add the amount raised by each day of this week.

$A=\left(10\times 1.50\right)+\left(15\times 1.50\right)+\left(12\times 1.50\right)+\left(8\times 1.50\right)+\left(19\times 1.50\right)+\left(22\times 1.50\right)+\left(31\times 1.50\right)$