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100

John needs to buy at least 100 tiles to redecorate his bathroom.  The tiles are sold in packs of 6.  Represent the inequality that shows the minimum number of packs John needs.

What is 6n≥ 100?

100

25x2 - 40x +16 in factored form.

(5x+4)2

100

If the expression 250(1.12)represents the value of an antique where t is the number of years since 2014, the meaning of the number 250.

What is the predicted value of the antique in 2014?

100

The lengths of a rectangle is 16 units more than its width.  The area of the rectangle can be expressed as x4-64.   Write the expression that represents the width of the rectangle.

What is x2-8?

100

The transformations from y= x2 that create

y = -3(x-5)2 +8

What are:

Reflection over the x axix,

Stretch factor of 3.

Translation 5 units right and 8 units up.?

200

John works two jobs.  He earns $10 and hour babysitting and $15 an hour mowing lawns.  Last week he worked a total of 20 hours and earned a total of $240.  If x is the number of hours he works babysitting and y is the number of hours he spends mowing lawns, the equation that represents John's earnings is:

10x + 15y = 240

200

The factored form of x2 + 2xy + y2 and the sum of those factors.

What is (x + y)2   and 2x + 2y?

200

The organizers of a charity concert hope to raise at least $15,000 from ticket sales.  They make $25 from each adult ticket sold and $15 from each youth ticket. List 2 combinations of adult and youth tickets that  could be sold.

What is any (x,y) that makes 25a + 15y = 15000 true?

200

What is the line of symmetry of a parabola with equation:

x2+ 25x- 150.

What is: 

x = 12.5?

200

The simplified form of 

(4x3+ 5x2+2) + (3x2-7x+4)

What is   4x3+ 8x2-7x+6 ?

300

The value of p when this equation has no solution.

What is 6?

300

The solutions to the equation (x-9)2=64.

What is 

x = 1 and 17?

300

Brenda purchased a new watch in 2012.  The value of her watch, t years after she bought it can be modeled by the function A(t) = 117(0.93)t.

The rate of change in this scenario.

What is 7% decrease?

300

The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs

(x+4)  and (x -16)

(In terms of x)

What is

√(2x2-24x + 272)

300

Draw a number line to represent the solution to this inequality:   -3>2y

What is everything less than -1.5?   (open circle on -1.5)

400

Jenny is solving the equation 6n + 3-5(4-n) = 27.

Show the steps she could take to find this solution.

What is:   6n + 3-5(4-n) = 27

                6n + 3-20 + 5n = 27

                 11n -17  = 27

                  11n = 44

                    n =11   (or another way to get here)



400

The greatest solution ox x in the equation 

x2 + 5x -14 = 10?

What is 3?


x2 + 5x -24 = 0

(x+8) (x -3) = 0   x = -8 or 3

400
The equation for the value of an investment that starts at $20,000 and decreases by 6% per year.

What is  20000(0.94)t

400

The value of x if a triangle has a perimeter of  52 and lenghts  (x -4) ,  (4x -16) and (x +12)

What is 10?

400

The slope of a line that passes through (-14, 27) and (1, -3)

What is -3?

500
Equations that have:

-On intersection point,

-No intersection points and

-Infinite intersection points with the line:

3x + 8y = 48

What are:

-Any equation with slope that is not -3/8

-Any equation with slope -3/8 but                         not a y-interecpt of 3.

-Any equations equivalent to 3x+8y =48

500

A description of a quadratic function h(x) that contains the points  (-6, 64) (2,5) and (6,5)

What is:

-a parabola with axis of symmetry at x = 4

-Opens up so vertex is at a minimum.

500

The number of hours that a candle has been burning when it is still more than 4 inches if it starts off at 5 inches and loses 8% of its height every hour.

What is  3?

500

The diameter of a circle with an area of 600.

What is 2*√(600/π) or approximately:27.6?

500

The maximum number of cherry pies that Simone can buy if cherry pies cost $7 and apple pies cost $5 and she wants to buy at least 18 pies and spend no more than $110.  (Bonus for the system of inequalities)

What is 10?

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