text: homework help!!!? at an hourly wage of $5.25, how many hrs & min must u work 2 pay 4 a $5.00 movie ticket, a $1.00 box of popcorn, and a $1.00 orange drink? well the ticket + the popcorn + the orange drink = $7.00  divide that by the hourly wage of $5.25  and you will get the number of hours necessary...1.333333 or 1 1/3 hours or 1 hour, 20 minutes  update: i started questioning my answer after seeing everyone else's responses, so i double-checked it this way: 1 1/3 hours at (times) $5.25 an hour (4/3 * 21/4) = 84/12 = 7 = $7.00 yep, i stand by my answer.  you would need to work 1 hour and 20 minutes (1 1/3 hours) in order to earn $7.00