Equality Word Problems
Under her cell phone plan, Sadie pays a flat cost of $61.50 per month and $4 per gigabyte. She wants to keep her bill at $75.50 per month.
Does $61.50 represent a coefficient, constant, or a total?
Constant
Tristan has a points card for a movie theater.
What does the phrase at least mean relating to this situation?
Tristan can have 110 points or more (>=)
How many solutions does the equation
x-y=8
have?
Infinite solutions
This dance is done after someone watches you whip.
Nae Nae
This drinks mascot is a big pitcher of juice that loves breaking through walls.
Kool-Aid
Samir bought snacks for his team's practice. He bought a bag of popcorn for $1.67 and a 24-pack of juice bottles. The total cost before tax was $31.19. How much does each bottle of juice cost.
What word in this problem would you assign a variable to?
Bottle
A shipping container will be used to transport several 120-kilogram crates across the country by rail. The greatest weight that can be loaded into the container is 24500 kilograms. Other shipments weighing 8300 kilograms have already been loaded into the container.
What does the word greatest mean relating to this situation?
24500 kg or less (<=)
What do we. need to solve an equation with two different variables?
At least two equations
The first step in this dance is to put you arms out front and lean side to side.
Dougie
This drink is famous for having a random fact under its bottle cap.
Snapple
Amelia took a taxi from her house to the airport. The taxi company charged a pick-up fee of $4.60 plus $0.50 per mile. The total fare was $13.60, not including the tip. How many miles was the taxi ride.
Which number would be the coefficient in this word problem?
$0.50
Alonso has $460 to spend at a bicycle store for some new gear and biking outfits. Assume all prices listed include tax.
What items do we know the exact amount of money that Alonso used to purchase?
A new bicycle, bicycle reflectors, and bike gloves
Nolan is going to a carnival that has games and rides. Each game costs $2.50 and each ride costs $3.50. Nolan spent $52.50 altogether on 17 games and rides. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of games Nolan played and the number of rides Nolan went on.
2.50g+3.50r=52.50
g+r=17
Apparently, he does this dance on any block.
Mille Rock
You can "have it your way" at this popular fast food chain.
Burger King
Amadou has a points card for a movie theater.
Write an equation which you can use to determine the number of visits(v) Amadou must make make to earn a free movie ticket.
30+8.5v=115
A rental car company charges $22.50 per day to rent a car and $0.10 for every mile driven. Salma wants to rent a car, knowing that:
Write an inequality which can be used to determine d, the number of days Salma can afford to rent while staying within her budget.
22.50d+0.10(275)<=140
You pay $15 on buying your friends chips cost $1 per bag and juices costing $2 per bottle. In total you bought 14 items. Write a system of equations that represents this situation.
C+2J=15
C+J=14
There sure is a lot of directions in this group dance. Lets just start with "to the right, to the right, to the right to the right to the right."
Cupid Shuffle
Wendy's said forget the vegetables with this burger that consists of a burger, cheese, bacon, repeat.
Baconator
Victoria needed to get her computer fixed. She took it to the repair store. The technician at the store worked on the computer for 2.25 hours and charged her $70 for parts. The total was $193.75. Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine x, the cost of the labor per hour.
2.25x+70=193.75
x=55
Under her cell phone plan, Zendaya pays a flat cost of $42 per month and $4 per gigabyte. She wants to keep her bill under $50 per month. Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine x, the number of gigabytes Zendaya can use while staying within her budget.
42+4x<50
x<2
The sum of two numbers is 19 and their difference is 5. Write a system of equations that represents this situation, then state the two numbers that satisfies it.
x+y=19
x-y=5
x=12
y=7
This dance, originated in Harlem, shares the same name as a common food people eat when they're sick.
Chicken Noodle Soup
This drive through only fast food chain's slogan may not be "King Me", but it still shares the same name as the game.
Checkers