Number · Challenge 9 of 25 · about 5 min
Ticket Cost Model
Find each equal-group ticket cost, then combine the totals.
Year 4 challenge progress
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Your challenge
Four child tickets cost $6 each. Two adult tickets cost $9 each. How much do all the tickets cost altogether?
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Curriculum details
- Curriculum code
- VC2M4N09
- Strand
- Number
- Focus
- Model a practical problem involving multiplication and addition.
2–5 Notice · Build · Move · Connect
Interactive visual
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Visual Trick
Make the groups, then combine
Find the total for each equal group before adding the groups together.
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Step 1
Group four child tickets at $6 each.
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Step 2
Build a $24 bar for the child tickets.
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Step 3
Group two adult tickets at $9 each and build an $18 bar.
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Step 4
Combine the $24 and $18 bars to make $42.
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Step 5
Connect the bars to (4 × 6) + (2 × 9) = 42.
6 Solve
Your answer
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Worked explanation
Why the answer makes sense
- Four lots of $6 cost $24.
- Two lots of $9 cost $18.
- $24 + $18 = $42, so (4 × 6) + (2 × 9) = 42.
Challenge complete
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