Question

a soccer organization has $2,964 to purchase sweatshirts and jackets for its players. half the money is used to buy jackets. each sweatshirt costs $26. how many sweatshirts can be purchased with the remaining money? show your work.

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate remaining money

Half of $2964$ is used for jackets, so remaining money is $\frac{2964}{2}=1482$.

Step2: Calculate number of sweat - shirts

Each sweat - shirt costs $26$. Let the number of sweat - shirts be $n$. Then $n=\frac{1482}{26}=57$.

Answer:

57