A school has an athletic equipment budget of 54,000. Football, basketball and baseball equipment each get 1/4 of that amount. The rest of the budget allotted equally to soccer, badminton, and tennis. What is the soccer budget?

A $3, 000

B $3, 600

C $4, 500

D $8, 000

Hello!

First, we must divide the school budget by 4, and then multiply that by 3.

54,000 : 4 = 13,500

13,500 * 3 = 40,500

54,000 - 40,500 = 13,500

Now, divide the remaining budget by 3 so that we can find how much money has been allotted to soccer.

13,500 : 3 = 4,500

So, the soccer budget is C $4,500.