Common Solution
Solve for X
Write an Equation
Cheaper until...
Grab Bag
100
Joe's Cars rents out cars for 10¢ a mile, plus a $20 up front fee. Mike's Motors rents out cars for 20¢ a mile, plus a $10 up front fee. After how many miles is the price the same? What price is this?
What are 100 miles and $30?
100
Solve for x: 2x+3y=2+y
What is x=1-y?
100
Miznik's Cars rents out cars for 1¢ a mile, plus a $30 up front fee. Mike's Motors rents out cars for 30¢ a mile, plus a $5 up front fee. Write an equation for these problems.
What is C1=30+.1m C2=5+.3m
100
Telecom has phone service for $20 a month and 10¢ a minute. Deutsch Telephone has phone service for 15¢ a minute. Until what number of minutes is Deutsch Telephone cheaper?
What is 1000 minutes?
100
Find the number that makes this true: 27=a+27-3
What is 3?
200
Telecom has phone service for $60 a month and 1¢ a minute. Deutsch Telephone has phone service for 3¢ a minute. At what number of minutes are the prices per month the same? What price is this?
What are 3000 minutes and $90?
200
Solve for x: x+1=4x+2y
x=1-2y
200
Subaru leases its Outback for $300 a month. Toyota leases its Highlander for $200 plus a $1000 up front fee. Write an equation for each.
What is C1=300m and C2=200m+1000?
200
Miznik's Cars rents out cars for 10¢ a mile, plus a $30 up front fee. Mike's Motors rents out cars for 30¢ a mile, plus a $10 up front fee. At what point does Mike's Motors become more expensive?
What is 100 miles?
200
Rewrite the number as a power of ten. 100
What is 10^2?
300
What is the common solution for: y=3x-1 and y=x+1
What is x=1 and y=2?
300
Solve for y: 2y+3x+4=4y+6x+2
What is y=1-1.5x
300
PowerMax rents out Macs for $50 a month, plus $4 for each month's gigabyte usage. TargetPC rents them out for $70 a month. Write an equation for each.
What is C1=50m+4g and C2=70m
300
Joe's Cars rents out cars for 50¢ a mile. Mike's Motors rents out cars for 20¢ a mile, plus a $20 up front fee. After how many miles is Joe's Cars more expensive?
What is m=66 2/3
300
DAILY DOUBLE! True or False? -3<-5
What is False?
400
What is the common solution for: y=2x+1 and y=4x-0.5
What is x=.75 and y=2.5?
400
Solve for x: 3x+2=4x+7y
What is x=7y-(2/7)
400
Write an equation for a store that rents out video games for 10% of the normal price a month.
What is C1=(.1p)m
400
Subaru leases its Outback for $300 a month. Toyota leases its Highlander for $200 a month plus a $1000 up front fee. Until when is an Outback cheaper?
What is 10 months?
400
In a right triangle with sides a=2 and b=2, what is the hypotenuse?
What is 2?
500
What is the common solution for: y=100x+300 and y=200x+50
What is x=2.5, y=550
500
Solve for c: 4c+2b+a=2+4+6
What is c=3-(1/4)a-(1/2)b
500
Write an equation for a store that rents out Wii's for $15 a month, plus an extra 10% for each month.
What is C1=15m+(.1*15)m OR C1=(1.1*15)m
500
PowerMax rents out Macs for $70 a month, plus 50¢ for each month's gigabyte usage. TargetPC rents them out for $50 a month, plus $1.50 for each month's gigabyte usage. At what number of GB does PowerMax become cheaper?
What is 20GB?
500
TRIPLE Q! What is the name of the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34... HINT: It is named after an italian mathematician.
What is the Fibonacci Sequence?