ticket

Everyday

1. A ticket is a small paper or card that shows you paid to ride, watch a show or go in. tree →
2. A ticket is a paper with a number for a raffle or lottery. tree →
3. A parking or speeding ticket is a paper telling a driver to pay a fine. tree →
4. A ticket in a shop or queue shows your turn or price. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a thing bought and sold at a price; tickets per person, money from tickets: cost = number of tickets × price; adult and child prices. Everyday: bus ticket, train ticket, cinema ticket, return ticket, ticket office, raffle ticket.

Examples

• A ticket costs 8 dollars. tree →
• They sold 120 tickets. tree →
• An adult ticket costs 10 dollars and a child ticket 5. tree →
• How much do 4 tickets cost? tree →
• Keep your ticket until the end of the trip. tree →
• Dad got a parking ticket. tree →
• We bought raffle tickets for the school fair. tree →
• Show your ticket at the gate. tree →
• She could never have the heart, he thought, to send him a ticket to go and see it, if it had been real. tree →

Note

Countable: a ticket, tickets. Cost = number of tickets × price; tickets = money ÷ price. Trap: when adult and child prices differ, multiply each group by its own price before adding.

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