Word Problem Solving Problems
6.5
Step 1:
Pick a friend or family member to be the character of your word problem. This friend or family member may do one of the following: * Drive a boat * Drive a jet ski
Step 2:
Select a current speed of the water in mph.
Step 3:
Select the number of hours (be reasonable please) that your friend or family member drove the boat or jets ski against the current speed you chose in step 2.
Step 4:
Select the number of hours that your friend or family member made the same trip with the current (this should be a smaller number, as your friend or family member will be traveling with the current).
Step 5:
Write out the word problem you created and calculate how fast your friend or family member was traveling in still water. Round your answer to the nearest mph.
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Show all of your work and state your solution in a complete sentence. 1. Tony and Belinda have a combined age of 56. Belinda is 8 more than twice Tony’s age. How old is each? (2 points) * 2. Salisbury High School decided to take their students on a field trip to a theme park. A total of 150 people went on the trip. Adults pay $45.00 for a ticket and students pay $28.50 for a ticket. How many students and how many adults went to the park if they paid a total of $4770? (2 points) 3. Your piggy bank has a total of 46 coins in it; some are dimes and some are quarters. If you have a total of $7.00, how many quarters and how many dimes do you have? (2 points) 4. Follow the 5 steps below to complete this problem. (4 points)
6.7
Whether you are doing this activity with a family member or friend, or collaboratively with another student, you will submit the following to your instructor as assignment “06.07 Algebracaching": 1. Your system of inequalities, the graph, and hidden treasure point. 2. The step by step directions you provided your partner to graph the system of
Step 1:
Pick a friend or family member to be the character of your word problem. This friend or family member may do one of the following: * Drive a boat * Drive a jet ski
Step 2:
Select a current speed of the water in mph.
Step 3:
Select the number of hours (be reasonable please) that your friend or family member drove the boat or jets ski against the current speed you chose in step 2.
Step 4:
Select the number of hours that your friend or family member made the same trip with the current (this should be a smaller number, as your friend or family member will be traveling with the current).
Step 5:
Write out the word problem you created and calculate how fast your friend or family member was traveling in still water. Round your answer to the nearest mph.
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Show all of your work and state your solution in a complete sentence. 1. Tony and Belinda have a combined age of 56. Belinda is 8 more than twice Tony’s age. How old is each? (2 points) * 2. Salisbury High School decided to take their students on a field trip to a theme park. A total of 150 people went on the trip. Adults pay $45.00 for a ticket and students pay $28.50 for a ticket. How many students and how many adults went to the park if they paid a total of $4770? (2 points) 3. Your piggy bank has a total of 46 coins in it; some are dimes and some are quarters. If you have a total of $7.00, how many quarters and how many dimes do you have? (2 points) 4. Follow the 5 steps below to complete this problem. (4 points)
6.7
Whether you are doing this activity with a family member or friend, or collaboratively with another student, you will submit the following to your instructor as assignment “06.07 Algebracaching": 1. Your system of inequalities, the graph, and hidden treasure point. 2. The step by step directions you provided your partner to graph the system of