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Construct a linear equation in which the solution is the number of apps that you have on
your smartphone. (If you do not have a smartphone then your solution should be a = 0).
The equation should require at least two operations. For example:
3(61 a) = 63 where a represents the number of apps.
2.
Pass your paper to the student sitting to your right. That student will solve the equation and
verify that the answer is correct.
3.
Next, construct another linear equation. The solution to this equation should be the number
of movies that you have seen in a theater in the last year. For this equation, be sure to have
a variable on each side of the equation. For example:
4m 6 = 2m + 2 where m represent the number of movies.
4.
Pass your paper to the student sitting to your left. That student will solve the equation and
verify that the answer is correct.
5.
Each of you will construct another equation in which the solution is the number of classes
that you are taking this semester. This time include fractions in the equation.
For example:
2
c 11 13 where c represents the number of classes.
3
6.
Pass your paper to the student sitting across from you, diagonally. That student will solve
the equation and verify that the answer is correct.
7.
Construct a linear equation whose solution is the price per gallon of gas that you most
recently purchased (rounded to the nearest cent). For example:
100p 201 = 188 where p represents price per gallon.
8.
Take all four papers and exchange them with another group. Those students will solve the
equations and verify that the answers are correct.
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3
teaspoons cumin
8
3
cup onion
4
1
lb ground beef
2
14 oz of canned tomatoes
1
1
teaspoons chili powder
4
1
teaspoon salt
8
1
teaspoon cayenne pepper
8
4 whole cloves
15 oz of canned kidney beans
1. This recipe is to be used for a Super Bowl party for 30 people. Each person in the group will
select two or three ingredients and determine the amount needed for the recipe to serve 30
people.
Step 1: The first step is to determine the factor that each quantity needs to be multiplied by to
obtain the new amounts for the ingredients. This multiplying factor is found by dividing the
number of servings desired, by the number of servings in the original recipe. Fill in the blanks
and simplify to determine the multiplying factor.
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Step 2: The amount of each ingredient in the original recipe must be multiplied by the
multiplying factor to determine the new amount needed. The table below will help organize the
process.
Ingredient
OriginalAmount
Oil
Onion
Groundbeef
Tomatoes
ChiliPowder
Cumin
Salt
CayennePepper
WholeCloves
KidneyBeans
1tablespoon
Multiplybythe
MultiplyingFactor
15
AmountNeededto
Serve30People
3
cup
4
1
1 lb
2
14oz
1
1 teaspoons
4
3
teaspoons
8
1
1 teaspoons
8
1
teaspoon
8
4cloves
15oz
3
5
4
145
1
5
8
45
155
1
1 5
2
1
1 5
4
3
5
8
1
1 5
8
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2. Kathi and Jon want to invite another couple over for dinner and serve chili. They need to
revise the recipe given above so that it serves 4 people with no leftovers. Each person in the
group will select two or three ingredients and determine the amount needed for the recipe to
serve 4 people.
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Step 2: Complete the table using the multiplying factor from Step 1.
Ingredient
OriginalAmount
Multiplybythe
MultiplyingFactor
AmountNeededto
Serve30People
Oil
Onion
1tablespoon
15oz
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Groundbeef
Tomatoes
ChiliPowder
Cumin
Salt
CayennePepper
WholeCloves
KidneyBeans
3
cup
4
1
1 lb
2
14oz
1
1 teaspoons
4
3
teaspoons
8
1
1 teaspoon
8
1
teaspoon
8
4cloves
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FOR RENT: House with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, garage. Washer and dryer included. No pets
allowed. Rent is $2250 per month. Utilities per month are approximately: electricity $149.60,
water $48.20, satellite $92.32, Internet $44.11.
Angie intends to rent the house described above with 3 roommates. They are using the table
shown to work on a budget. Complete the table using the information given in the advertisement
for the house. Round amounts to the nearest cent if necessary. The expenses listed in the chart
will be shared equally among 4 people.
ITEM
AMOUNT
(monthly)
AMOUNT
PERPERSON
(monthly)
AMOUNT
PERPERSON
(annually)
Rent
Electricity
Water
Cable/Satellite
InternetAccess
TOTAL
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Category
BeginningBalance
Grocery
Gasoline
CellPhone
Grocery
Deposit(paycheck)
Cash(spendingmoney)
ClothingStore
Deposit(paycheck)
Deposit
Withdrawal
$52.62
$20.19
$69.99
$41.07
$644.88
$42.00
$45.92
$644.88
Cash(spendingmoney)
Grocery
TOTAL:
Gasoline
$11.82
$75.00
$38.98
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Balance
$1356.28
Use the check register given previously to fill in the chart with Angies typical expenditures.
ITEM
AMOUNT
(monthly)
AMOUNT
(annually)
Grocery
Clothes
SpendingMoney
Gas
CellPhone
TOTAL
What are Angies total expenses (house and personal) for 1 yr? _________
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40 ft
sod area
100 ft
Cost of Sod
What is the area of the entire yard?
What is the area of the yard that will be sod?
If each piece of sod covers 3 ft2 how many pieces will be needed?
The sod is sold in pallets of 100 pieces. How many pallets are needed?
The price of one pallet is $75. How much will the sod cost?
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Miller/ONeill/ Hyde 2014
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Cost of Fence
What is the length of fence that is needed?
The fencing is sold in sections that are 4 ft long. How many sections will be needed?
The price of each section of fence is $16. How much will the fence cost?
TOTAL
14. What is the total cost of this backyard makeover?
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Sod
_______
Fencing
_______
Plants
_______
Mulch
_______
Edging
_______
Total
_______
2.
3.
Discuss the amount of interest for that month with the amount of the minimum payment. At
this rate, will the card be paid off any time soon?
4.
Have students calculate the balance after the first month if a $50 payment is made on the
account with 15% APR.
5.
Have students calculate the balance after the first month if a $75 payment is made on the
account with 18% APR.
6.
Discuss the amount of interest for that month with the payments of $50 and $75. Is this a
better situation that paying the minimum payment?
7.
Split the class in groups and have them fill out the following tables and answer the question.
Table 1
Month
Initialbalance
Month1
$2000
Month2
$1974.38
Month3
Month4
Month5
Month6
th
Beginning Algebra, 4 edition
Miller/ONeill/ Hyde 2014
Monthly
payment
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
Amountafter
payment
$1950
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Monthlyinterest
of1.25%
$24.38
Ending
balance
$1974.38
Initialbalance
$2000
Monthly
payment
$75
$75
$75
$75
$75
$75
Amountafter
payment
Table 3
Month
Month1
Month2
Month3
Month4
Month5
Month6
Initialbalance
$2000
Monthly
payment
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
Month1
Month2
Month3
Month4
Month5
Month6
Initialbalance
$2000
Monthly
payment
$75
$75
$75
$75
$75
$75
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Ending
balance
Monthlyinterest
of1.5%
Ending
balance
__________________________
Amountafter
payment
Monthlyinterest
of1.25%
__________________________
Amountafter
payment
Table 4
Month
__________________________
Monthlyinterest
of1.5%
Ending
balance
__________________________
8.
Discuss the amount of interest paid for each account comparing monthly payment and
interest rates.
Instructor Note: As a follow up, consider helping students use Excel to determine the number of
months to pay off the credit card with the parameters outlined in Tables 1 4.
9.
Ask Since 2000 6 = $333.33, will you pay off the credit card if your monthly payment is
$333.33? They can use this table to help answer the question.
Table 5
Month
Initialbalance
Month1
Month2
Month3
Month4
Month5
Month6
Monthly
payment
$333.33
$333.33
$333.33
$333.33
$333.33
$333.33
$2000
Amountafter
payment
Monthlyinterest
of1.5%
Ending
balance
10. Ask students to determine what the minimum monthly payment should be to pay off this
credit card in 6 months with an APR of 18%. Have each group in the class try a different
monthly payment, such as $335, $338, $340, $342, $345, $348. Then based on the results,
fine tune the estimate of the monthly payment accordingly. Provide tables for the groups to
work on.
Alternatively, help students use Excel to perform the trial-and- error. The recommended
formulas for Excel are given in the answers appendix.
Table 6
Month
Month1
Month2
Month3
Month4
Month5
Month6
Initialbalance
Monthly
payment
$2000
Amountafter
payment
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Monthlyinterest
of1.5%
Ending
balance
10% of $72.56
a. $0.70
b. $7.00
c. $700
2.
40% of $29.98
a. $12
b. $1.20
c. $120
3.
75% of $90
a. $63
b. $120
c. $20
10% of 400
5.
10% of 60
6.
10% of 178
7.
10% of 82
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30% of 42
RESTAURANTS
In restaurants it is customary to leave a tip that is 15% of the cost of the meal. Create a shortcut
that you can use to find 15% of an amount. When calculating a tip, it is better to round up so that
the tip amount is sufficient. Try it out on these exercises.
16. 15% of $20
17. 15% of $48.79
18. 15% of $32.98
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SHOPPING
19. Celine wants to purchase a shirt priced at $60. She has a choice of buying the shirt on sale for
30% off or using a store coupon for $15 off. Which will give her the greater discount?
20. Helen needs to purchase 10 candles priced at $2 each. She has a choice of a coupon for 20%
off her purchase or $5 off the purchase. Which will give her the greater discount?
In #19 and #20 we were able to quickly calculate a discount. If we want to quickly calculate the
final price of an item on sale, this can be done by subtracting the discount rate from 100% and
then calculating the percentage. For example:
A sweater priced at $60 is on sale for 70% off. The price of the sweater can be found by
calculating 30% of $60, which is $18. Use this shortcut for #21 and #22.
21. Seth has $40 in his pocket. The shoes that he wants are priced at $79.99 on sale for 40% off.
Does he have enough money to buy the shoes?
22. Marcus wants to purchase 4 pairs of socks. The socks can be purchased individually for $10
per pair on sale with a 30% discount, or the socks can be purchased in a package of 4 pairs for
$27.50 with no discount. Which is the better buy?
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Trueorfalse:Whenmultiplyingfractions,a
commondenominatorisneeded.
Simplifythefraction
Whatfractionalpartofthisfigureisshaded?
1
Whatistheleastcommondenominatorof
6
1
and ?
4
5
Change 3 toanimproperfraction.
8
Circletheimproperfractionsinthelist:
7 9
9
9
9 7
9
10
12
.
20
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Whatisthereciprocalof
4
?
11
Change
34
toamixednumber.
7
Trueorfalse:Whendividingmixednumbers,
theymustfirstbechangedtoimproper
fractions.
3
1
4
=
Trueorfalse: +
5
8
13
Trueoffalse:Whensubtractingfractions,a
commondenominatorisneeded.
Trueorfalse:
3
1
3
5
8
40
1
1
Whichislarger? or
2
8
1
Whichfractionisequalto ?
2
5
5
5
,
,
5 10 25
3
Whichfractionisequalto ?
4
12 12 12
,
,
16 15 20
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Fillintheblank:
_______
p
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11
3
11
12
5
12
Circlealloftheoperationswithfractionsthat
requireacommondenominator.
additionsubtractionmultiplication
division
Whenanumberismultipliedbyitsreciprocal
the
resultis_______.
20
Changetoamixednumberandsimplify.
14
Whichofthefollowingisnotinlowestterms?
4
27
21
9
32
24
Whatistheleastcommondenominatorfor
1 5
3
, and .
3 6
8
Fillintheunknownvalue.
5
?
6
36
2
Shade ofthefigure.
3
3 1
_______
4 4
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Step 1
Read the
problem
completely.
Step 2
Assign
labels to
unknown
quantities.
Step 3
Write an
equation in
words.
)=(
Step 4
Write a
mathematical
equation.
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Step 5
Solve the
equation.
Solve the equation from Step 4 using the steps for solving a linear
equation.
x = ____________
Step 6
Interpret the
results and
write the final
answer in
words.
Cole consumes _________ calories from protein and __________ calories from fat.
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Step 1
Read the
problem
completely.
Step 2
Assign
labels to
unknown
quantities.
Step 3
Write an
equation in
words.
)=(
Step 4
Write a
mathematical
equation.
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Step 5
Solve the
equation.
Solve the equation from Step 4 using the steps for solving a linear
equation. Consider clearing fractions as a first step.
x = ____________
Step 6
Interpret the
results and
write the final
answer in
words.
Joana consumes _________ calories from carbohydrates and __________ calories from protein.
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_________
p%:
_________
base:
_________
________________________________
__________________________________
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2. For health reasons, Sloan needs to limit her fat intake to 25% of the total calories consumed
in a day. If the fat intake is 550 calories, find the total number of calories she consumed for the
day.
Fill in the known quantities. Choose a variable to label the unknown quantity.
Amount:
_________
p%:
_________
base:
_________
________________________________
__________________________________
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3. It is believed that the minimum number of calories needed to for the average male to avoid
starvation is 1500 calories. To fuel the muscles and skeleton, 450 calories are needed. What
percent of the total calories are needed for the muscles and skeleton?
Fill in the known quantities. Choose a variable to label the unknown quantity.
Amount:
_________
p%:
_________
base:
_________
________________________________
The percent value in the equation is in decimal form. Convert this to % form. ___________
Interpret the result:
The muscles and skeleton require ______ % of the total calories.
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Determine the slope for each ramp. Then state whether or not it satisfies the ADA
requirements.
a.
b.
c.
2.
d.
If a ramp has to have a height of 4 in., what is the horizontal distance it needs to be ADA
compliant?
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Let us extend this to any type of incline. Remember that slope is determined by a fraction with
rise
the vertical distance in the numerator and the horizontal distance in the denominator,
.
run
Look at each grid and determine slope of the inclines.
3.
4.
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5.
6.
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Write an equation that can be solved in one step using the addition or subtraction property of
equality.
2.
Write an equation whose solution is 2 that can be solved in one step using the division
property of equality.
3.
Write an equation that can be solved in two steps by first using the addition property of
equality and then using the division property of equality.
4.
Write an equation that requires simplifying by using the distributive property to clear
parentheses on one side of the equation and with a constant term on the other side.
5.
Write an equation whose solution is 0, with two terms on each side of the equation.
6.
7.
8.
Write an equation whose solution is 3 that has one variable term and one constant term on
one side of the equation and a constant term on the other side.
9.
Write an equation that has a constant term on one side of the equation and requires the
distributive property to simplify two sets of parentheses on the other side.
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2
as the solution.
3
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STUDENT
PORTFOLIO
Name:_____________________________________________
Section:____________________________________________
Bldg./Room:________________________________________
Days and Time of Class:_______________________________
Instructor:__________________________________________
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Part 1: Portfolio
STUDENT PORTFOLIO
CONTENTS
Portfolio Self-Assessment
Course Syllabus
Student Record of Grades
Course Calendar
Mathematics Attitude Survey
Homework Guidelines
Test Correction Guidelines
Chapter 1
Chapter 6
Notes
Homework
Chapter 1 Test and Corrections
Notes
Homework
Chapter 6 Test and Corrections
Chapter 2
Chapter 7
Notes
Homework
Chapter 2 Test and Corrections
Notes
Homework
Chapter 7 Test and Corrections
Chapter 3
Chapter 8
Notes
Homework
Chapter 3 Test and Corrections
Notes
Homework
Chapter 8 Test and Corrections
Chapter 4
Chapter 9
Notes
Homework
Chapter 4 Test and Corrections
Chapter 5
Notes
Homework
Chapter 5 Test and Corrections
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Notes
Homework
Chapter 9 Test and Corrections
PORTFOLIO SELF-ASSESSMENT
Name:_____________________
Section:___________
Directions: The instructor may want to review your portfolio at different times during the
semester. Before you are tested on each chapter, you may use this sheet to rate how well you
have completed the assigned material. Assign yourself a grade from A to F for your efforts
on the homework, definitions of key terms, and test corrections.
It is important that you realize that you assign your own portfolio grades. The portfolio directs
you toward an honest and realistic assessment of your own performance. Your teacher will either
agree or disagree with the grades you give yourself.
1
Chapter:
Criteria
Homework: Rate by the percentage of
homework completed. All problems
numbered and neatly written following the
homework guidelines.
96-100% 91-95% 86-90%
A
80-85% less
than 80%
D
F
80-85% less
than 80%
D
F
* Please note that you cannot do your test corrections until the instructor grades your exam and
hands it back. Soon after the exam is returned to you, you should correct your mistakes with
written explanations.
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RECORD OF GRADES
Name:_______________ Course: ______________ Section:__________________
Directions: After each exam, quiz, or assignment is graded and returned to you, record the
results below.
Exam
Number
Other
Assignments:
Grade/Points
Quizzes/Home
work, etc.
(write-in)
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TOTAL:
TOTAL:
TOTAL POINTS:
________
PORTFOLIO GRADE:
__________
AVERAGE BEFORE
FINAL EXAM:
__________
__________
COURSE GRADE:
__________
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Grade/Points
COURSE CALENDAR
Name:_______________ Course: ______________ Section:__________________
Directions: Record exam days and other important dates. Also record which days you are absent.
Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
A B
D E
Math is a language.
A B
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C D E
HOMEWORK GUIDELINES
To obtain the maximum benefit from your homework, complete your homework using the
following guidelines:
Do all your homework before the next class period. The concepts practiced in the homework will
probably be used as building blocks for the next section of material. Try not to fall behind.
The homework should be done neatly on 8 by 11-inch paper. Use as much space as you need
and show all steps. At the top right of each page, label the section number and page number you
are working from. When you are finished, place the assignment in the appropriate section in your
portfolio.
Attempt each homework problem by yourself first before seeking assistance. After you have
completed a problem, check your answer if possible.
Attempt every problem! If you still cannot answer a question after making a valiant effort, see
your instructor, a classmate, or a tutor for help. Try not to let a single question go unanswered.
For any problem you had trouble with, place written comments in the margins to help you
remember the proper solution. These comments can also be used to guard against common
errors. Its not a bad idea to write your comments in colored ink to draw attention to the trouble
spots.
Learning formulas and important definitions is part of your homework. Complete the vocabulary
sheets for each chapter and place them in your portfolio. Make index cards for important
formulas and ideas.
To help you study for exams, work sample problems on index cards with written explanations on
the back of the card.
Dont hesitate to get extra practice. You can certainly do extra homework problems from the
text, or you can make use of instructional software and video tapes.
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Test Corrections
Exam #1
Problem #3
Simplify. 15 2(16 12)
Correct Solution:
Explanation:
15 2(16 12)
Original problem
= 15 2(4)
= 15 8
=7
Subtract.
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1.
The temperature when they arrive is predicted to be 30 C. Will they be hot or cold?
2.
The family does a lot of hiking and does not mind walking 5 miles or less. They learn that
their hotel is 3 km from the train station. Will they be able to walk to the train?
3.
Each piece of luggage that they carry onboard the plane cannot weigh more than 12 kg.
How many pounds is this?
4.
At an amusement park, one of the rides requires that children are less than 1.5 m tall. How
tall is this in feet?
5.
On the same ride, the weight requirement is that children are less than 40 kg. How much is
this in pounds?
6.
Mrs. Young does not like to drive faster than 60 mph. The speedometer in the car reads 90
km/hr. What is the speed in mph?
7.
Mr. Young is 511tall. He is told that the bed in their hotel room is 2 m long. Is it long
enough for Mr. Young?
8.
The children want to bring candy home for 5 friends. They purchase 2 kg of candy. Is this
enough to give each friend 12 lb of candy?
9.
The family can walk at a pace of 2 mph. How long will it take them to walk to a museum
that is located 5 km from their hotel?
10. When the family arrives back in the U.S. the pilot announces that the temperature is 10 C.
What is the approximate temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?
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