Vocabulary
What is an equation?
What is : A math problem with an equals sign.
As a salesperson you get $50 a day and $2.60/each sale you make, you want to $89 in one day. Write the verbal description for one day of sales.
What is 50 + 2.60x = 89.
Debbie has at most $60 to spend on clothes. She wants to buy a pair of jeans for $22 and spend the rest on t-shirts. Each t-shirt cost $8. Write an inequality.
What is 22 + 8x ≤ 60.
4 more than a number.
Alex has $25 in his savings account. He needs $150 to buy a new bicycle. He plans to deposit $12.50 per week into the account until he has enough money to buy the bicycle. How many weeks will it take him to reach the necessary amount?
What is 25 + 12.50x ≥ 150.
Bonus: What is 6 weeks
What is an expression?
What is: A math problem without an equals sign.
Jose charges a $7 entry fee to his 90's theme party and an additional $5 for each imitation gold chain sold at the party. At the end of the night Jose made $37. Write the verbal description.
Bonus: How may God chains did he sell?
What is 5x + 7 = 37.
Bonus: x = 6; What is 6 gold chains.
Steven had $25 to spend. He spent $10.81, including tax, to buy a new DVD. He needs to save $10 but he wants to buy a snack. If peanuts cost a quarter per package, including tax. Write the inequality.
Bonus: What is the maximum number of packages he can buy?
.25x ≤ 25 - 10 - 10.81
.25x ≤ 15 - 10.81
What is .25x ≤ 4.19.
Bonus: x ≤ 16; What is 16 packs of peanuts.
7 less than a number
Simplify the following expression: 4(8x – 2)
What is 32x - 8.
What is an inequality?
What is: A math problem where one side has a greater value than the other.
John has 1/5 the number of geese as Paul has cows. Whataya know, it looks like John has 15 geese. Write an equation for the number of cows Paul owns.
What is 1/5g=15.
Devon needs at least 150 points to win a prize. He earned 45 points during round 1. In round 2 he will earn 17 points for each game won. Write an inequality.
What is 45 + 17x ≥ 150.
Evaluate if a = 4, b = 6, c = -3. 5ab ÷ c
What is -40.
The math symbol used to compare two quantities or an equation that is unbalanced?
What is an inequality.
The difference between the daily high and low temperatures in Beijing is 38 degrees. The daily low is 43 degrees. Write an equation for the daily high temperature, t.
What is t - 43 = 38.
Two times a number plus 6 is at most 18. Write an inequality.
What is 2x + 6 ≤ 18.
five times the sum of 6 and a number.
What is 5(6+x).
The price of tickets in a group when purchased in bulk can be found with the equation C=px+24 where C is the cost, p is the number of people, and x is the price per ticket. What is the price of each ticket if it costs $189 to buy tickets for 15 people? Write the equation and then solve.
What is 189 = 15x + 24.
What is $11.
What the name for the letter that stands for a number not yet known?
What is a variable
Formula for Perimeter of a rectangle is P = 2l + 2w.
The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 cm.
Bonus: Its length is 6 cm. What is its width?
What is 54 = 2l + 2w.
Bonus: What is 21 cm (width).
During the intermission of the school play, the drama class at Springfield High School is offering refreshments. The goal is to make more than $110 in revenue tonight by selling beverages for $1 and snacks for $2. Select the inequality in standard form that describes this situation. Use the given numbers and the following variables. x = the number of beverages sold y = the number of snacks sold
What is x + 2y > 110.
three divided by a number times the difference of 14 and a three times a number.
What is 3/x(14-3x).
As a salesperson you get $70/day and $2.00/each sale you make, you want to make at least $90 in one day. Write the inequality.
Bonus: How many sales would you need to make?
What is 70 + 2x ≥ 90.
Bonus: x ≥ 10; What is at least 10 sales.