Unit 1, Activity 1, Rational Number Line Cards - Student 1 Blackline Masters, Mathematics, Grade 8 Page 1 Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, Revised 2008 Grade 8 Mathematics
Unit 1, Activity 1, Rational Number Line Cards - Student 1
Blackline Masters, Mathematics, Grade 8 Page 1 Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, Revised 2008
Grade 8 Mathematics
Unit 1, Activity 1, Rational Number Line Cards - Student 1
Blackline Masters, Mathematics, Grade 8 Page 1 Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, Revised 2008
Cut these cards apart. Each group of students should have one set of cards.
21
41
43
−
81
−
83
−
87
31
32
65
85
51
52
−
53
54
−
101
1212
−
Unit 1, Activity 1, Rational Number Line Cards - Student 2
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Cut these cards apart. Each group of students should have one set of card.
-0.50
0.25
0.75
-0.125
0.375
-0.875
333.0−
666.0
383.0
-0.625
0.20
-0.40
0.60
-0.80
0.10
-1.00
Unit 1, Activity 1, Rational Number
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Compare and Order
Name __________________________________ Date _________ Hour ____________ Place the following numbers in the most appropriate location along the number line.
0.1 , 0.05 , -0.5 , 43 , -1 , 1 , -3 , -
35 , 2 ,
87 , -
21 ,
1212 , 75% , -2
62
Write 3 different inequalities using the numbers from the number line above using symbols <, >, =, ≤, ≥. (example: -1 < 1) 1. 2. 3. Write 2 repeating inequalities using the numbers from the number line above using the symbols. <, >, =, ≤, ≥. (example: -1 ≤ 1 ≤ 2) 1. 2.
0
Unit 1, Activity 1, Compare and Order Word Grid
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Compare and Order
Name __________________________________ Date _________ Hour ____________ Use the two numbers in column one and add, subtract, multiply or divide them according to the heading. Determine whether or not the answer would result in a true statement.
sum > 1 difference < 1 product < sum product < quotient
Example
2 ½ , -3
2 ½ + -3 = - ½
NO
2 ½ - (-3) = 5 ½
NO
(5/2)(-3) = -15/2 = - 7 ½
YES
5/2 ÷ - 3/1 = -5/6
YES
43 ,
211
41,
3,2
21,2
87 ,
65
1 ,1
Unit 1, Activity 1, Compare and Order Word Grid with Answers
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Compare and Order
Use the two numbers in column one and add, subtract, multiply or divide them according to the heading. Determine whether or not the answer would result in a true statement.
sum > 1 difference < 1 product < sum product < quotient
Example
2 ½ , -3
2 ½ + -3 = - ½
NO
2 ½ - (-3) = 5 ½
NO
(5/2)(-3) = -15/2 = - 7 ½
YES
5/2 ÷ - 3/1 = -5/6
YES
43 ,
211
1 ½ + ¾ = 2 ¼
YES
1 ½ - ¾ = ¾
YES
1 ½ ( ¾ ) = 9/8
YES
1 ½ ÷ ¾ = 2
YES
41,
3,2
11/12
NO
5/12
YES
2 1 23 4 12× −
NO
2<2 2/3
YES
21,2
2 ½
YES
1 ½
NO
1
YES
1 < 4
YES
87 ,
65
1 17/24
YES
-1/24
YES
420/576 = 35/48
YES
35/48 < 20/21
YES
1 ,1 2
YES
0
YES
1 < 2
YES
1 = 1
NO
Unit 1, Activity 2, Grouping Dilemma
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Grouping Dilemma
Name ____________________________________ Date _______ Hour ___________ Circle or loop groups of tiles that will help determine the total number of tiles without counting each and every tile. Beneath each tile pattern, write a mathematical expression that represents the ‘looping’ used to determine the number of tiles.
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Expression to represent grouping = 15
Unit 1, Activity 2, Grouping Dilemma with answers
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Circle or loop groups of tiles that will help determine the total number of tiles without counting each and every tile. Beneath each tile pattern, write a mathematical expression that represents the ‘looping’ used to determine the number of tiles.
Expression to represent grouping 3 x 3 + 2 x 3= 15
Expression to represent grouping (3 x 4) + 3= 15
Expression to represent grouping (4 x 4)-1 = 15
Expression to represent grouping 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 15
Expression to represent grouping (2 x 3) + (2 x 3) + 3= 15
Expression to represent grouping (2 x 4 – 1) + 2 x 4= 15
Expression to represent grouping (2 x 2) + (2 x 2) + (2 x 2) + 2 x 2 -1)= 15
Expression to represent grouping (4 x 3) + 3= 15
Expression to represent grouping (6 x 2) + 4 -1= 15
Unit 1, Activity 5, Missing
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Missing Name ____________________________________ Date _______ Hour ___________
1. Samantha is 75 feet from the shore at 10 a.m. Every hour she moves forward 15 feet,
and the current pulls her backward 6 feet. At this rate, what time will Samantha reach the shore? Explain your solution.
2. There are six boys in a race. Carl is ahead of Bill who is two places behind Frank.
Allen is two places ahead of Dwight, who is two places ahead of Evan, who is last. Which of the boys is closest to the finish line? Explain your solution.
3. A group of students have gathered around the center
circle of the basketball court. The students are evenly spaced around the circle. Student #11 is directly across from student #27. How many students have gathered around the circle? Explain your solution.
How are the problems below different from the problems above? 4. The world record high dive is 176 feet 10 inches. What is
the difference between Jack’s highest dive and the world record?
5. Mary wants to find the amount of carpet needed to carpet her bedroom. She measures
the length of the room. How much carpet does she need to carpet the bedroom? 6. Greg Louganis holds 17 U. S. national diving records. How many of these did he earn
before the 1988 Olympics?
3 19
27
11
Unit 1, Activity 5, Missing with Answers
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1. Samantha is 75 feet from the shore at 10 a.m. Every hour she moves forward 15 feet,
and the current pulls her backward 6 feet. At this rate, what time will Samantha reach the shore? Explain your solution.
Solution: 6:12 p.m.- since she gains about 9 feet every hour 75 ÷ 9 = 8 hours plus three feet left. Set a proportion 15ft/3ft = 9 ft/x to find the part of an hour the 3 feet would take. I came up with 1/5 of an hour and that is 12 minutes.
2. There are six boys in a race. Carl is ahead of Bill who is two places behind Frank. Allen is two places ahead of Dwight, who is two places ahead of Evan. Evan is last. Which of the boys is closest to the finish line? Explain your solution.
Solution: Carl is closest to the finish line. Carl is first, Allen second (two places ahead of Dwight), Frank is third(two places ahead of Bill), Dwight is fourth, Bill is fifth (two people behind Frank), and Evan last (two places behind Dwight.
3. A group of students have gathered around the center circle of the basketball court. The students are evenly spaced around the circle. Student #11 is directly across from student #27. How many students have gathered around the circle? Explain your solution.
Solution: 32 students. Sketch a model to get an idea as to positioning. There are 15 students between #11 and #27 and the median from 12 to 26 is 19. The opposite side had to increase from 27 but also decrease from 11 to 1. Listing these numbers and then finding the median gives me the opposite person. Listing the numbers also gives the number of people in the circle.)
Have the students examine problems like the ones below and discuss how these are different from the earlier problems (They are missing information.).
• The world record high dive is 176 feet 10 inches. What is the difference between Jack’s highest dive and the world record? We need to know the height of Jack’s dive.
• Mary wants to find the amount of carpet needed to carpet her bedroom. She measures the length of the room. How much carpet does she need to carpet the bedroom? She needs the width of the room.
• Greg Louganis holds 17 U. S. national diving records. How many of these did he earn before the 1988 Olympics? We need to know when he earned these 17 records.
3 19
27
11
Unit 1, Activity 6, Practice reading circle graphs
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London, Paris, Rome or . . . ?
Name ____________________________________ Date _______ Hour ___________
The pie graph below shows the total number of 200 vacationers who went to London, Rome, Paris, Madrid or other European countries. Study the graph and answer the questions.
1. What number of vacationers chose London? Show your work. 2. What number of vacationers did not choose Madrid? Show your work.
3. The vacationers who chose either London, Paris, or Rome would be closest to what fraction?
a. 21 b.
31 c.
43 d.
109
4. A vacationer in Paris decided to buy an Eiffel Tower souvenir for $12.00. The store was having a 10% off sale. What is the total cost of the statue before tax? Show your work.
London28%Other
11%
Madrid11%
Rome25%
Paris25%
Unit 1, Activity 7, Bull’s Eye Chart
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Bull’s Eye Chart Name ____________________________________ Date _______ Hour ___________ 1. Write an estimated answer for each of the problems in estimate column without a calculator. 2. Get with a partner and using your calculator, record the exact answers in the exact column
for each of the problems. 3. Use your calculator to divide your estimate by the exact answer, and record the quotient in
the estimate/exact column. Round your answers to the nearest hundredth. 4. To determine the number of points scored for each estimate, use the number line on the
bottom of the Bull’s Eye Target to find the point that most closely matches your quotient. Record your points on your chart
Total game 1
Total game 2
Estimated answer
Exact answer Estimated ÷ Exact answer
Points scored
4.872 x 3.127
25.2 x 20.02
0.62 x 0.57
19.8 ÷ 1.52
0.91 ÷ 12.13
54.45 ÷ 14.79
Estimated answer
Exact answer Estimated ÷ Exact answer
Points scored
41
852
75
109
3
43
651
9
52
109÷
83
258÷
216
5311 ÷
Unit 1, Activity 7, Bull’s Eye Chart with Answers
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Bull’s Eye Chart Possible answers are shown as an example for the first problem.
Estimated answer
Exact answer Estimated ÷ Exact answer
Points scored
4.872 x 3.127 5 x 3 = 15 15.234744 .98 10
25.2 x 20.02 504.504
0.62 x 0.57 .3534
19.8 ÷ 1.52 13.02631579
0.91 ÷ 12.13 .07502061
54.45 ÷ 14.79 3.681541582
Total game 1
Estimated answer
Exact answer Estimated ÷ Exact answer
Points scored
418
52 x 3
2060
= 3103
.91
5
75
1093 x
14112
436
519 x
10162
52
109÷
412
83
127÷
951
216
5311 ÷
65511
Total game 2
Unit 1, Activity 7, Bull’s Eye Target
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Bull’s Eye Target
1 point
2 points
5 points
10 points
1.21.151.11.051.00.950.90.850.8
Unit 1, Activity 9, How Much. . . About?
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How Much . . . About?
Name ____________________________________ Date _______ Hour ___________ SAMPLE SALE AD FOR STORE
Sweater: Original Price: $22.95 now 15% off
Cap: Original Price: $18.75 now 25% off
Jester’s hat: now sells for $15.00 After receiving
41 off the original
price
Shoes: Now selling for $25.95 after a 30% discount
Unit 1, Activity 9, How Much. . . About? with answers
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How Much . . . About?
Answer Key
Estimate: 15% x $20 = $3 Sweater
$20 - $3 = $17 Actual: 15% x $22.95 = $3.44 $22.95 - $3.44 = $19.51 With Tax: $19.51 x 7.5% = $1.46 $19.51 + %1.46 = $20.97
Estimate: 25% x $20 = $5 Cap
$20 - $5 = $15 Actual: 25% x $18.75 = $4.69 $18.75 - $4.69 = $14.06 With Tax: 7.5% x $14.06 = $1.05 $14.06 + $1.05 = $15.11
Estimate: ¾ x ___ = $15 Jester’s Hat
¾ ÷ ¾ x ___ = $15 ÷ ¾ ___ = $20 * Since the new price reflects a ¼ discount, that means you are actually paying ¾ of the original price. Actual: ¾ x ___ = $15 ¾ ÷ ¾ x ___ = $15 ÷ ¾ ___ = $20 Check: ¼ x $20 = $5 $20 – 5 = $15 With Tax: 7.5% x $15 = $1.13 $15 + $1.13 = $16.13
Estimate: 70% x ___ = $30 Shoes
70% ÷ 70% x ___ = $30 ÷ 70% ___ = $40 Actual: 70% x ___ = $25.95 70% ÷ 70% x ___ = $25.95 ÷ 70% ___ = $37.07 * Since the new price reflects a 30% discount, that means you are actually paying 70% of the original price. With Tax: 7.5% x $25.95 = $1.95 $25.95 + $1.95 = $27.90
Unit 1, Activity 10, Order Cut Apart Cards
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Cards for activity. Cut these apart
21
21
−
127
3
43
−
1.5
31
32
41
−
-.25
87
−
0.30
85
41
613
65
Unit 1, Activity 10, Order Recording Sheet
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Order Recording Sheet
Name ____________________________________ Date _______ Hour ___________
Use the following to record your equations. Be sure to use three different functions. Explain your strategy to your partner.
=
First term Solution (card 1) (card 2)
=
=
First term Solution (card 1) (card 2)
=
=
First term Solution (card 1) (card 2)
=
=
First term Solution (card 1) (card 2)
=
=
First term Solution (card 1) (card 2)
=
=
First term Solution (card 1) (card 2)
=
Unit 1, Activity 12, My Dream House
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My Dream House Budgeting your Income
You work for a major company in ____(your city)_________
and your salary is $45,000 a year. You get paid the first of every month. Your pay is equally distributed each month. Your employer must take 30% out of your check each month for taxes.
You need to buy a home, a car and one big item. Your house payment cannot be over 25% of your take home pay. The down payment for your home must be 5%. Home interest rate is 6.5%.
SALARY Yearly salary $45,000 Monthly salary ______________________ (before taxes) Taxes taken out ____________________ (each month) Take home pay ___________________ (each month)
HOME Cost of home ________________________________ Down payment (5%) ______________________ Cost of home after down payment ___________________________ Interest (6.5%) for (# of)_____________years Total Interest_________________ Cost of home with interest ________________________________________ Monthly note ______________________ Is your house payment over 25% of your take home salary? If it is, you may need to refigure your house note for a longer period of time or buy a cheaper house. *IF you need to refigure, leave the other one alone, and refigure here.
REFIGURING YOUR HOME, if needed Cost of home_________________________ Down payment (5%) ______________________ Cost of home with down payment_______________________ Interest (6.5%) for (# of)_____________years Total Interest _______________ Monthly note_____________________
What are some of the other expenses that you may encounter in a month?
Unit 1, Activity 12, My Dream House
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Suppose you have some unexpected expenses, do you have enough monthly income to take care of these unexpected expenses? If not, you might need to refigure your expenses.
Looking back at the house you have purchased, will it be possible for you to meet your all monthly bills with a car note of $200? Explain.
Unit 1, Activity 12, My Dream House with Answers
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My Dream House
Budgeting your Income
You work for a major company in ______(your city) ________
and your salary is $45,000 a year. You get paid the first of every month. Your pay is equally distributed each month. Your employer must take 30% out of your check each month for taxes.
You need to buy a home, a car and one big item. Your house payment cannot be over 25% of your take home pay. The down payment for your home must be 5%. Home interest rate is 6.5%.
SALARY Yearly salary $45,000 Monthly salary _______$3750_______________ (before taxes) Taxes taken out ____________30%________ (each month) Take home pay _______$2625____________ (each month)
HOME Cost of home ________________________________ Down payment (5%) ______________________ Cost of home after down payment ___________________________ Interest (6.5%) for (# of)_____________years Total Interest_________________ Cost of home with interest ________________________________________ Monthly note ______________________ Is your house payment over 25% of your take home salary? If it is, you may need to refigure your house note for a longer period of time or buy a cheaper house. *IF you need to refigure, leave the other one alone, and refigure here.
REFIGURING YOUR HOME, if needed Cost of home_________________________ Down payment (5%) ______________________ Cost of home with down payment_______________________ Interest (6.5%) for (# of)_____________years Total Interest _______________ Monthly note_____________________
What are some of the other expenses that you may encounter in a month?
Unit 1, Activity 12, My Dream House with Answers
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Suppose you have some unexpected expenses. Do you have enough monthly income to take care of these unexpected expenses? If not, you might need to refigure your expenses.
Looking back at the house you have purchased, will it be possible for you to meet your all monthly bills with a car note of $200? Explain.
Unit 1, Activity 12, My Dream House: Student Self Assessment Rubric
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Name ________________________________ Date _____________ Hour ___________ Use this rubric to assess your project. Score yourself on each item listed. Staple all parts of the project along with this rubric together, and turn in. Student Teacher House buying activity completed _______ (20 points) __________ Salary completed _______ (20 points) __________ Refiguring of house (if needed) _______ (15 points) __________ Total monthly notes figured _______ (15 points) __________ Explanation of your budget _______ (30 points) __________ Total Points _______ (100 possible) _________
A = ________ points Grading Scale
B = ________ points C = ________ points D = ________ points F = _________points
Unit 2, Activities 1, 2, and 3, Percent Grid
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Unit 2, Activity 1, Practice with Percents
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Name ___________________________________ Hour _____________ Date ____________
Solve the following percent problems. Make a diagram to show the solution.
1. Sarah was practicing basketball with her younger sister. Her younger sister made three free throws out of the twenty-five that she tried. What percent of free throws did the younger sister make?
2. Billy ran only eight of the 1760 yards in a mile during practice. He walked the remaining distance. What percent of the mile did Billy run?
3. Billy’s coach said if he wants to play football, he must run for 25% of the mile. How many feet should Billy be prepared to run?
4. Jane calculated that she had made 150% of the cookie sales that she set for her goal. Her goal was to sell 45 dozen cookies. How many dozen cookies did she sell?
5. Joe was going to pay for his Christmas chorus trip which cost $150. He lost $2 sometime during the day at school. He paid for most of his trip. What percent of the cost of the trip does he still need to pay?
Unit 2, Activity 1, Practice with Percents with Answers
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Name ___________________________________ Hour _____________ Date ____________
Solve the following percent problems. Make a diagram to show the solution
1. Sarah was practicing basketball with her younger sister. Her younger sister made three free throws out of the twenty-five that she tried. What percent of free throws did the younger sister make?
.3/25 = 10012 = 12%
2. Billy ran only eight of the 1760 yards in a mile during practice. He walked the remaining distance. What percent of the mile did Billy run?
17608 = 0.45% He ran less than one-half of a percent of the mile.
3. Billy’s coach said if he wants to play football, he must run for 25% of the mile. How many feet should Billy be prepared to run?
10025
5280=
x
5280( 25) = 100x 132,000 = 100x x = 1320 feet
4. Jane calculated that she had made 150% of the cookie sales that she set for her goal. Her goal was to sell 45 dozen cookies. How many dozen cookies did she sell?
100150
45=
x
45(150) = 100x 6750 = 100x x = 67.50 dozen
5. Joe was going to pay for his Christmas chorus trip which cost $150. He lost $2 sometime during the day at school. He paid for most of his trip, what percent of the cost of the trip does he still need to pay?
1001502 x
=
150x = 200 x = 1.33%
Unit 2, Activity 2, How Much Improvement?
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Name ___________________________________ Date __________ Hour _________
1. Use the chart to answer A – E. Pre 90 90 50 90 70 75 60 85 50 55 95 85 70 65 40 Post 85 100 100 90 80 90 80 60 90 75 100 100 90 80 80
Student ID
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
A. Did all students increase from the Pretest to the Post-test? Justify your answer with
data.
B. What percent of total students increased their test score?
C. What percent decreased test scores?
D. What was the percentage of increase or decrease for each student? (students A – O)
E. Which student should be named most improved? Why? F. Suppose there is a student P and this student scores an 80% on the pretest and
increases the score by 1 ½ % on the post-test. What did student P score on the post-test?
G. Suppose student D showed a 2% decrease on the score of the post-test. What would have been student D’s score on the post-test?
Unit 2, Activity 2, How Much Improvement? with Answers
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1. Use the chart to answer A – E. Pre 90 90 50 90 70 75 60 85 50 55 95 85 70 65 40 Post 85 100 100 90 80 90 80 60 90 75 100 100 90 80 80
Student ID
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
H. Did all students increase from the Pretest to the Post-test? Justify your answer with
data. No, Students A and H decreased from pre test to post test.
I. What percent of total students increased their test score?
About 88% of the class increased their score.
J. What percent decreased test scores? About 12% decreased their scores.
K. What was the percentage of increase or decrease for each student? (students A – O)
Answers are estimates. A- 6% decrease; B –11% increase; C – 100% increase; D – 0% growth or decrease; E 14% increase; F- 20% increase; G – 34% increase; H – 30% decrease; I -80% increase; J – 36% increase; K – 5% increase; L – 18% increase; M – 29% increase; N – 23% increase; O – 100% increase
L. Which student should be named most improved? Why?
There are two students, C & O, who each had a 100% increase in their score, C was at 100%.
M. Suppose there is a student P and this student scores an 80% on the pretest and
increases the score by 1 ½ % on the post-test. What did student P score on the post-test? Student P would have made a score of 81.2%.
N. Suppose student D showed a 2% decrease on the score of the post-test. What would have been student D’s score on the post-test? Student D would have made a 88.2% on the post test if the score represented a 2% decrease.
Unit 2, Activity 4, Four’s a Winner Game Card
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Four’s a Winner Game Card
Paper clips go on one percent expression and one number in the list below. Solve the problem and place your marker on the game card above. Percent expressions – Place one paper clip over one of these expressions
Numbers – Place one paper clip over one of these numbers.
320 400 10 250 50 225 90 20 270 100 150 15 150 120 80 30 240 75 180 60 25 200 5 125 40 100 50 135 90 45 75 10 360 20 60 300
25% of 25% increase 25% decrease 50% of 50% increase 50% decrease
20 40 60 80 100 120 160 180 200
Unit 2, Activity 5, The Better Buy
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One potato chip costs $0.15
With your partner, choose at least two questions that you would need answered before determining whether or not the price of the potato chip is reasonable.
Unit 2, Activity 5, The Better Buy with Answers
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One potato chip costs $0.15
With your partner, choose at least two questions that you would need answered before determining whether or not the price of the potato chip is reasonable. Possible questions (they will vary, depending upon students): Is one potato chip the same size as regular potato chips? How many chips come in one bag?
Unit 2, Activity 5, Choose the Better Buy?
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Name _____________________________________ Date _____________ Hour __________ Choose the better buy
1. Soda at Store A sells for $3.59 for six and at Store B the soda sells 12 for $7.15. Which is the better buy? Show your thinking.
2. Candy bars are selling at Store A 10 for $5.50. At Store B the same candy bars are 5 for $2.30. Which is the better buy? Show your thinking.
3. Store A decides to sell socks in a package of 12 for $17.25.
Store B puts the same socks on sale for $1.40/pair. Which is the better buy? Show your thinking.
4. Justin found a CD player at Store A for $79.98 and he gets a 30% discount off the price. At Store B, the CD player is marked $55.00. Which is the better buy? Why?
Unit 2, Activity 5, Choose the Better Buy? with Answers
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Choose the better buy
1. Soda at Store A sells for $3.59 for six and at Store B the soda sells 12 for $7.15. Which is the better buy? Show your thinking.
At store A the unit price for one soda is $.60 (.595833) and store B the price would also be $.60 (.5983333) because the money is always rounded to the hundredths there would be no better buy.
2. Candy bars are selling at Store A 10 for $5.50. At Store B the same candy bars are 5 for $2.30. Which is the better buy? Show your thinking.
Store B has a unit price of $.46 per candy bars and Store A has a unit price of $.55. Store B has the better buy.
3. Store A decides to sell socks in a package of 12 for $17.25. Store B puts the same socks on sale for $1.40/pair. Which
is the better buy? Show your thinking. Store B has the better buy because the unit price for socks at store A is $1.44/pair.
4. Justin found a CD player at Store A for $79.98 and he gets a 30% discount off the price. At Store B, the CD player is marked $55.00. Which is the better buy? Why?
With the 30% discount off of $79.98 the sale price would be $55.99, so Store B is the better buy at $55.00.
Unit 2, Activity 6, Refreshing Dance
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Name____________________________________ Date __________ Hour ________ Use the data in the chart below to determine the total cost of getting the concession stand ready for the Friday night dance if there are 200 students predicted to attend.
Item Cost per unit Amount
needed per student
Price per
student
Amount needed
Total cost of item
(200 students)
Soda $1.19/2-liter soda
50 mL
Candy bars
$8.99/box of 36 bars
1 bar
Popcorn $1.19/bag which pops
about 5 gallons of popcorn
1 quart
Pizza $5.00/pizza divided into 8 equal slices
1 slice
1. If 250 students attend the dance and every student in attendance orders a slice of pizza, how many extra pizzas must be ordered?
2. If there are only 150 students who want to purchase a box of popcorn, how much profit would be made if every box sells for $0.75?
Unit 2, Activity 6, Refreshing Dance with Answers
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Use the data in the chart below to determine the total cost of getting the concession stand ready for the Friday night dance if there are 200 students predicted to attend.
Item Cost per unit Amount
needed per student
Price per
student
Amount needed
Total cost of item
(200 students)
Soda $1.19/2 liter soda
50 mL $.03/student 10 2L bottles $5.95
Candy bars $8.99/box of 36 bars
1 bar $.25/student must buy the 6th box to get
200 bars
$53.94
Popcorn $1.19/bag which pops about 5 gallons
of popcorn
1 quart
$.06/student Need 10 bags $11.90
Pizza $5.00/pizza divided into 8 equal slices
1 slice $.63/student Need 25 pizzas $125
1. If 250 students attend the dance and every student in attendance orders a slice of pizza, how many extra pizzas must be ordered? Must order 7 more pizzas because 8 is not a factor of 50.
2. If there are only 150 students who want to purchase a box of popcorn, how much
profit would be made if every box sells for $0.75? 150 x $.06 = $9.00 to purchase the popcorn and if this sells for $.75/box, 150 x .75 = $112.50 therefore, 112.50 – 9.00 = $103.50 profit
Unit 2, Activity 7, My Future Salary
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Wages and Benefits: Value of the Minimum Wage (1960-Current)
Value of the Minimum Wage 1960-2003
Source: Economic Policy Institute
Year
Min wage
(Current $)
Min wage (Real 2003
$)
Year
Min wage
(Current $)
Min wage (Real 2003
$) 1960 1.00 5.26 1982 3.35 6.11 1961 1.15 5.99 1983 3.35 5.87 1962 1.15 5.94 1984 3.35 5.64 1963 1.25 6.37 1985 3.35 5.46 1964 1.25 6.28 1986 3.35 5.39 1965 1.25 6.19 1987 3.35 5.19 1966 1.25 6.01 1988 3.35 5.01 1967 1.40 6.53 1989 3.35 4.80 1968 1.60 7.18 1990 3.80 5.19 1969 1.60 6.88 1991 4.25 5.60 1970 1.60 6.56 1992 4.25 5.46 1971 1.60 6.29 1993 4.25 5.33 1972 1.60 6.10 1994 4.25 5.22 1973 1.60 5.74 1995 4.25 5.09 1974 2.00 6.53 1996 4.75 5.54 1975 2.10 6.33 1997 5.15 5.89 1976 2.30 6.56 1998 5.15 5.80 1977 2.30 6.16 1999 5.15 5.68 1978 2.65 6.81 2000 5.15 5.50 1979 2.90 6.81 2001 5.15 5.35 1980 3.10 6.55 2002 5.15 5.27 1981 3.35 6.48 2003 5.15 5.15
Unit 2, Activity 7, My Future Salary with Answers
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Amountof minimumwage
x
xx
xx
x
x
xx
$7.00
$6.00
$5.00
$4.00
$3.00
$2.00
$1.00
'95'85'75'6520001990198019701960
Minimum wage through the years
Year
Unit 2, Activity 9, Proportional Reasoning
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length of yardstick shadow
36 inches=
Length of Person A's shadow
person A height
Distance to measureDistance to measure
Point on ground that should be marked by member C
Person A shadow
Person A
yardstick shadow
yardstick
Name _______________________________ Date ___________ Hour _______
Proportional Reasoning
1. Work in groups of four. You will need a yard stick that will be used to set up a proportion using shadows, a measuring tape, and two small objects to serve as markers.
2. Mark a spot on the ground. Have group Member A stand at the marked spot and have
Member B sit or kneel next to Member A. Person B should hold a yard stick perpendicular to the ground so that the shadow of the yard stick can be seen. Member C will mark the point at the end of the shadow of the Member A using one marker. Member D should mark the shadow at the end of the yard stick. See diagram below.
3. Find the lengths of the shadows and complete the chart below.
5. Discuss in your group how you might be able to use the ratio to find the actual height of a tree that leaves a 17 foot shadow at the same time of the day that you measured the objects. Be ready to share your group’s ideas in about 10 minutes.
Height of group member A
Shadow of member A (measure to the ¼ inch)
Ratio height of person Shadow
Decimal equivalent of height/shadow ratio (nearest hundredth) use a calculator
Length of yard stick’s shadow
Unit 2, Activity 10, Scaling the Trail
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Name ________________________________ Date __________ Hour ____________
1. The drawing below represents a hiking trail through the forest. For problems 1 – 4, use the drawing and a ruler to find the actual distances of the following.
1) A to B
2) B to C
3) C to D
4) Total length of the trail
5) The forest rangers asked that we add 141 miles to the hiking trail from point A.
Use your ruler to sketch a possible path that will lead the hiker closest to point C (be sure to use the correct scale). Label the end of your path point F. The rangers need to know the shortest distance from the new beginning point F to the end point E of the trail for emergencies. Find the shortest actual distance from point F to point E and record the distance on the diagram above
Scale 2 inches = 5 miles
A B
C
D
E
Unit 2, Activity 10, Scaling the Trail with Answers
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The drawing below represents a hiking trail through the forest. For problems 1 – 4, use the drawing and a ruler to find the actual distances of the following.
1. A to B A to B is 1.5 inches which would represent 3.75 miles
2. B to C B to C is 2 3/8 inches which would represent about 5.9 miles
3. C to D C to D is 7/8 of an inch which would represent about 2.2 miles
4. Total length of the trail D to E is 7/16 of an inch and when all distances are added, the sum is 5.1875 inches or 5 3/16 inches which represents about 12.97 miles
5. The forest rangers asked that we add 141 miles to the
hiking trail from point A. Use your ruler to sketch a possible path that will lead the hiker closest to point C (be sure to use the correct scale). Label the end of your path point F. The rangers need to know the shortest distance from the beginning point to the end point of the trail for emergencies. Find the shortest actual distance from point F to point E, and record the distance on the diagram above. It is 1.5 inches from point F to point E representing 3.75 miles
Scale 2 inches = 5 miles
A B
C
D
E
F
Unit 2, Activity 11, How Many Outfits are on Sale?
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Sketch a diagram to illustrate the different outfits that could be made from the clothing items below. The outfits must include pants (skirt), shirt, and shoes. Determine which of the outfits would cost the least and show your mathematical thinking.
$11.50 $17.90 $22.75 $30.99 $20.89 $15.00 $24.30 $19.50 $18.25 $9.99 $13.80
Unit 2, Activity 11, How Many Outfits are on Sale? with Answers
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There are 4 x 3 x 4 = 48 different combinations of shirt, shorts and shoes. The least expensive combination would be $11.50 + $15.00 + $9.99 = $36.49
$11.50 $17.90 $22.75 $30.99 $20.89 $15.00 $24.30 $19.50 $18.25 $9.99 $13.80
Unit 2, Activity 13, Tour Cost
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Name ____________________________________ Date _____________ Hour ____ Read the following problem and work with your group members to complete the problem using a tree diagram. You will present your information to the class as you justify your solution. The choir has just won a superior rating and has been asked to perform in San Diego, CA; New Orleans, LA; Atlanta, GA; and New York City, NY. The company that is going to fund the trip has asked that the choir visit just three of the cities. The choir must decide the order of the cities that they will visit. The director told the group that they must allow for the 300 miles to get to New Orleans.
a. Determine the different tour possibilities and the total cost of each tour if the funding company plans to spend about $8.90/mile.
This problem involves only travel expenses. The distances between the cities compare as follows: New Orleans to Atlanta is about 500 miles; New Orleans to New York is about 1250 miles; New Orleans to San Diego is about 1750 miles; New York to Atlanta is about 900 miles; New York to San Diego is about 3000 miles; San Diego to Atlanta is about 2250 miles.
b. The funding company needs to know the order of the cities they will be touring.
c. Use a graphic organizer and draw a tree diagram to determine the different routes. Remember that the group must start and end in New Orleans.
d. Explain how you determined your answer. Research costs of plane fare, bus fare and train fare.
e. Determine which of the methods of transportation will be acceptable to the sponsors.
f. Prepare a presentation to justify your route and cost of the trip to the class.
Unit 2, Activity 13, Tour Cost with Answers
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The choir has just won a superior rating and has been asked to perform in San Diego, CA; New Orleans, LA; Atlanta, GA; and New York City, NY. The company that is going to fund the trip has asked that the choir visit just three of the cities. The choir must decide the order of the cities that they will visit. The director told the group that they must allow for the 300 miles to get to New Orleans.
a. Determine the different tour possibilities and the total cost of each tour if the funding company plans to spend about $8.90/mile.
NO, Atlanta, SD, NO, Atlanta, NYC, NO SD, NYC NO SD, Atlanta, NO, NYC, Atlanta, NO, NYC, SD,
This problem involves only travel expenses. The distances between the cities compare as follows: New Orleans to Atlanta is about 500 miles; New Orleans to New York is about 1250 miles; New Orleans to San Diego is about 1750 miles; New York to Atlanta is about 900 miles; New York to San Diego is about 3000 miles; San Diego to Atlanta is about 2250 miles.
b. The funding company needs to know the order of the cities they will be touring.
Atlanta, NYC, NO (either beginning or ending with the concert in NO)
c. Use a graphic organizer and draw a tree diagram to
determine the different routes. Remember that the group must start and end in New Orleans.
d. Explain how you determined your answer. Research costs of plane fare, bus fare and train fare.
Just use the cost given per mile which would be 2950 miles x $8.90 = $26,255.
e. Determine which of the methods of transportation will be acceptable to the
sponsors.
Answers will vary
f. Prepare a presentation to justify your route and cost of the trip to the class.
Atlanta
NYC
NYC
San Diego
San Diego
Atlanta
San Diego
Atlanta
NYC
NewOrleans
Unit 3, Activity 1, One-half Inch Grid
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Unit 3, Activity 1, Shapes
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The following show how to draw and label the shapes on grid paper.
B C
A
D
F
G
E
K
L M
N
J
H
R
Unit 3, Activity 1, Transformations
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Name __________________________________ Date ________________ Hour ___________ Give the coordinates of the vertices of the figure in its original position, and then give the coordinates of the new vertices based on stated transformation. The rotation is 90°clockwise about the origin. The reflection is across the y-axis.
Shape
Original Position
Translate Rotate Reflect across y-axis
Rectangle
A (2 , 3) B (2 , 6) C ( , ) D ( , )
A′ ( , ) B′ (2 ,-4) C′ ( , ) D′ ( , )
A′ ( , ) B′ ( , ) C′ ( , ) D′ ( , )
A′ ( , ) B′ ( , ) C′ ( , ) D′ ( , )
Right Triangle
H (0 , 3) R (0 , 0) J ( , )
H′ ( , ) R′ (2, -4) J′ ( , )
H′ ( , )
R′ ( , ) J′ ( , )
H′ ( , )
R′ ( , ) J′ ( , )
Isosceles Triangle
E (4, -3.5) F ( , )
G (-1, -5)
E′ ( , ) F′ ( , )
G′ (-1, -3)
E′ ( , ) F′ ( , ) G′ ( , )
E′ ( , ) F′ ( , ) G′ ( , )
Trapezoid
K ( , ) L (3 , -1) M (5, -1) N ( , )
K′ ( , ) L′ ( , ) M′ ( , )
N′ (-1 , -1)
K′ ( , ) L′ ( , ) M′ ( , ) N′ ( , )
K′ ( , ) L′ ( , ) M′ ( , ) N′ ( , )
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Shape
Original Position
Translate Rotate Reflect across y-axis
Rectangle
A (2 , 3) B (2 , 6) C (7, 6) D (7 , 3)
A′ (2 , -7) B′ (2 , -4) C′ (7 ,-4)
D′ (7 , -7 )
A′ (3 , -2) B′ (6 , -2) C′ (6, -7) D′ (3 , -7)
A′ (-2, 3) B′ (-2 , 6) C′ (-7, 6) D′ (-7 , 3)
Right Triangle
H (0 , 3) R (0 , 0) J (-3 , 0)
H′ (2 , -1) R′ (2 , -4) J′ (-1 ,-4 )
H′ (3 , 0)
R′ (0 , 0) J′ (0 , 3)
H′ (0, 3)
R′ (0 , 0) J′ (3 , 0)
Isosceles Triangle
E (4, -3.5) F (-1, -2) G (-1, -5)
E′ (4 ,-1.5) F′ (-1 , 0) G′ (-1, -3)
E′ (-3.5 ,-4) F′ (-2 , 1) G′ (-5 , 1)
E′ (-4 , -3.5)
F′ (1 , -2) G′ (1 ,-5)
Trapezoid
K (1 , -4) L (3 , -1) M (5, -1) N (6 , -4)
K′ (-6 , -1) L′ (-4 , 2) M′ (-2 , 2) N′ (-1, -1)
K′ (-4 ,-1) L′ (-1, -3) M′ (-1 ,-5) N′ (-4, -6)
K′ (-1 ,-4) L′ (-3, -1) M′ (-5, -1) N′ (-6, -4)
.
Unit 3, Activity 1, Transformation Review
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Name __________________________________ Date ____________ Hour __________ Fill in the “bridge maps” below to illustrate the resulting changes in the coordinates of polygons in the transformation explained. Example
1.
2.
3.
4.
with a translation down 2 and to the right 1
a polygon in quadrant 4
(x, y) becomes (-y, x)
a polygon reflection across the x axis
the resultis
A polygon is reflected across y axis
the resultis
the resultis
the resultis
the resultis
A reflection across the x-axis of a triangle with point A located at (-1, 3)
the resultis
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Fill in the “bridge maps” below to illustrate the resulting changes in the coordinates of polygons in the transformation explained. Example:
1.
2.
3.
4. The answer below is only one possible solution. For example, a polygon in quadrant 1 might have been reflected across the x-axis and end up in Quadrant 1.
5.
with a translation down 2 and to the right 1
a polygon in quadrant 4
(x, y) becomes (y, -x)
a polygon reflection across the x axis
the resultis
A polygon is reflected across y axis
The opposite x value and the same y value
the resultis
The same x value and the opposite y value.
the resultis
With a 90° clockwise rotation about the origin
the resultis
The x value increases by 1 The y value decreases by 2
the resultis
A polygon is rotated 180° about the origin from quadrant 2
A reflection across the x- axis of a triangle with point A located at (-1, 3)
The new coordinates will be (-1, -3)
the resultis
Unit 3, Activity 2, Dilations
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Name ___________________________________ Date ___________________ Hour ______
1. Plot the following points on the grid paper showing only quadrant I. A(4,16), B(8.16), C(12, 14), D(10,10) and E(6,10). 2. Find the measure of each of the angles.
a) m∠ A b) m∠ B c) m∠ C d) m∠ D e) m∠ E
3. Use a ruler and find the length of each side of the polygon. a) Length of AB b) Length of BC c) Length of CD d) Length of DE e) Length of EA
4. Draw a dotted line from the origin through each of the five vertices of the polygon (i.e. you will have five dotted lines extending from the origin of the graph through the vertices of your polygon).
5. You will plot a new polygon on your grid by doubling the length of each side of the original polygon. To do this, double the coordinates for x and y and plot the new point. How does the placement of the new point relate to the dotted lines you drew in step 4?
6. Connect the points to form your new polygon. Measure the angle lengths. a) m∠ A’ b) m∠ B’ c) m∠ C’ d) m∠ D’ e) m∠ E’
7. Measure the side lengths of your dilation (enlargement). a) Length of '' BA b) Length of ''CB c) Length of '' DC d) Length of '' ED e) Length of '' AE
8. Dilate the original polygon by a scale factor of ½. Name points A’’, B’’, C’’, D’’, E’’ 9. How are the angles of a figure affected by a dilation? What is the relationship
between the scale used for the dilation and the lengths of corresponding sides of an original to figure created by using dilation?
10. Using the lines and the conjectures that you have developed, determine the new coordinates of ABCDE if it were dilated by a scale factor of 1 ½ without graphing the points. Will it fit on the grid? Why or why not?
Unit 3, Activity 2, Quadrant I Grid
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Name _________________________________ Date ______________ Hour ____________
x
y
Unit 3, Activity 5, The Theorem
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boards are 4 inches wide
Name ___________________________________ Date _______________ Hour ________ Work with your partner to complete these problems. Make scale drawings of the figures in problems 1 – 3, and label sides of the right triangle that is being used to solve the problem. Problem 4 has a diagram already drawn for you.
1. James has a circular trampoline with a diameter of 16 feet. Will this trampoline fit through a doorway that is 10 feet high and 6 feet wide? Explain your answer.
2. A carpenter measured the length of a rectangular table top he was building to be 26 inches, the width to be 12 inches, and the diagonal to be 30 inches. Explain whether or not the carpenter can use this information to determine if the corners of the tabletop are right angles.
3. For safety reasons, the base of a ladder that is 24 feet tall should be at least 8 feet from the wall. What is the highest distance that the 24 foot ladder can safely rest on the wall? Explain your thinking.
4. The wall of a closet in a new house is braced with a corner brace. The height of the wall is 8 feet. The wall of the closet has three boards placed 16 inches apart, and this corner brace becomes the diagonal of the rectangle formed. How long will the brace need to be for the frame at the right
Unit 3, Activity 5, The Theorem with Answers
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boards are 4 inches wide
Name ___________________________________ Date _______________ Hour ________
Work with your partner to complete these problems. Make scale drawings of the figures in problems 1 – 3, and label sides of the right triangle that are being used to solve the problem. Problem 4 has a diagram already drawn for you. 1. James has a circular trampoline with a diameter of 16 feet. Will this trampoline fit through a
doorway that is 10 feet high and 6 feet wide? Explain your answer. Since the trampoline is larger than the height of the doorway, it would have to be held at a diagonal. The trampoline will not fit into the doorway because the diagonal of the doorway is approximately 11.7 ft. 2. A carpenter measured the length of a rectangular table top he was building to be 26 inches,
the width to be 12 inches, and the diagonal to be 30 inches. Explain whether or not the carpenter can use this information to determine if the corners of the tabletop are right angles.
If the angles are right angles, 30 inches should be the diagonal when the Pythagorean Theorem is applied to the sides.
2 2 2
2
12 26 820 28.6
cc
c
+ =
=≈
The sides of the table do not form right angles. 3. For safety reasons, the base of a ladder that is 24 feet tall should be at least 8 feet from the
wall. What is the highest distance that the 24 foot ladder can safely rest on the wall? Explain your thinking.
The ladder would be the hypotenuse in a right triangle formed by the ladder, the wall, and the ground. The ladder can reach approximate 22.6 feet up the wall if the end of the ladder hits the ground 8 feet from the wall. 4. The wall of a closet in a new house is braced with a
corner brace. The height of the wall is 8 feet. The wall of the closet has three boards placed 16 inches apart, and this corner brace becomes the diagonal of the rectangle formed. How long will the brace need to be for the frame at the right? The widths of the two end boards should not be used when bracing. Therefore, the horizontal distance is 36 inches and the brace would be about 102.5 inches or 8.5 feet.
Unit 3, Activity 7, 2 cm Grid
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Unit 3, Activity 8, Rectangular Prism
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Unit 3, Activity 8, Triangular Prism
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Unit 3, Activity 8, Right Triangular Prism
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Unit 3, Activity 12, Scale Drawings
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Name __________________________________ Date ______________ Hour _______ Complete each of the following situations:
1. Sandy was given the assignment during a summer job to draw a map from the city recreational complex to the high school. Sandy started from the recreational complex and walked north 3.5 miles, west 10 miles, north 5.3 miles, and then east 3 miles. Sandy was given a space 1
23 inches x 4 inches to sketch the route on a brochure being made by the staff at the complex. Determine a scale that Sandy will be able to use and draw a map that can be used in the space provided. Explain how the scale was determined.
2. Draw a diagram of a rectangular bedroom with dimensions of 24 feet by 15 feet. Use a scale of 1
2 inch = 6 feet.
3. The picture of the amoeba at the right shows a width of 2 centimeters. If the actual amoeba’s length is 0.005 millimeter, what is the scale of the drawing?
Unit 3, Activity 12, Scale Drawings with Answers
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Complete each of the following situations:
1. Sandy was given the assignment during a summer job to draw a map from the city recreational complex to the high school. Sandy started from the recreational complex and walked north 3.5 miles, west 10 miles, north 5.3 miles, and then east 3 miles. Sandy was given a space 1
23 inches x 4 inches to sketch the route on a brochure being made by the staff at the complex. Determine a scale that Sandy will be able to use and draw a map that can be used in the space provided. Explain how the scale was determined.
North 3.5 miles + 5.3 miles = 8 . 8 miles West 10 miles and east 3 miles so she needs to show 10 miles east-west. If 1 inch represents 3 miles then the map can be centered on the brochure, with margins between ¾ and 1 inch. If 1 inch represents 2.75 miles, then there will be a margin of about ½ inch around the map.
2. Draw a diagram of a rectangular bedroom with dimensions of 24 feet by 15 feet. Use a
scale of 12 inch = 6 feet.
3. The picture of the amoeba at the right shows a width of 2 centimeters. If the actual amoeba’s length is 0.005 millimeter, what is the scale of the drawing?
1 cm represents 200 mm
2 inches 1 ¼ inch
Unit 4, Activity 1, Volume and Surface Area
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Name ________________________________ Date __________________ Hour ____________
Exploring Volume and Surface Area
# cubes used for model
Length of rectangular prism built
(linear units)
Width of rectangular prism built
(linear units)
Height of rectangular prism built
(linear units)
Volume of rectangular prism built
(cubic units)
Surface Area of rectangular prism built
(square units)
16
Unit 4, Activity 1, Volume and Surface Area with Answers
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Exploring Volume and Surface Area
# cubes used for model
Length of rectangular prism built (linear units)
Width of rectangular prism built (linear units)
Height of rectangular prism built (linear units)
Volume of rectangular prism built (cubic units)
Surface Area of rectangular prism built (square units)
16 16 units 1 unit 1 unit 16 u3 66u2
16 8 units 2 units 1 unit 16 u3 52u2
16 4 units 4 units 4 units 16 u3 24u2
The number of cubes will vary as students build other rectangular solids.
Unit 4, Activity 2, cm Grid
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Unit 4, Activities 2, 5, and 8, LEAP Reference Sheet
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Unit 4, Activity 3, What’s the Probability?
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Name _______________________________________ Date ________________ Hour ______ Answer each of the following probability questions.
1. Under the best conditions, sunflower seeds have a 30% chance of growing. If you select two seeds at random, what is the probability that both will grow, under the best conditions? Explain your solution.
2. You roll a number cube once. Then you roll it again. What is the probability that you get 3 on the first roll and a number greater than 5 on the second roll? Explain your solution.
Unit 4, Activity 3, What’s the Probability with Answers
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Answer each of the following probability questions. 1. Under the best conditions, sunflower seeds have a 30% chance of growing. If you select
two seeds at random, what is the probability that both will grow, under the best conditions? Explain your solution.
P(a seed grows) = 30% or 0.30 P(two seeds grow) = P(a seed grows) • P(a seed grows) = 0.30 • 0.30 = 0.09 = 9% probability
2. You roll a number cube once. Then you roll it again. What is the probability that you get
3 on the first roll and a number greater than 3 on the second roll? Explain your solution.
P(3) = 61 there is only one 3 on a number cube
P(greater than 3) = 21
63= there are 3 numbers greater than 3 on a number
cube and this simplifies to one half
21
61• =
121 The probability is
121
Unit 4, Activity 4, Spinner
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Length Width Height Volume POINTS
5 4
32
Unit 4, Activity 6, Volume Comparison of Pyramids and Rectangular Prisms
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Name _______________________________ Date _______________ Hour ________ Fill in the chart below using at least 4 different measurements for area of base and heights of pyramids and rectangular prisms. Assume that the area of the base and the height is the same for each set of figures.
Area of square base Height Volume of pyramid Volume of Prism
4 in2 3 in
Unit 4, Activity 6, Models of Rectangular Prism and Pyramid
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Cut the patterns out on the bold lines. Fold on the dotted lines to make a rectangular prism and a pyramid.
Unit 4, Activity 6, Models of Cylinder and Cone
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Unit 4, Activity 6, Models of Cylinder and Cone
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This cone was drawn so that it will fit inside of the cylinder for comparison. Popcorn kernels can be used to fill the cone and then poured into the cylinder to show the one-third relationship of the volume. Not for mastery at the eighth grade level.
Unit 4, Activity 7, Comparing Cones
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Name ______________________________ Date ________________ Hour _____________ Cut out the Model for Cone BLM and make a slit for the radius. Form a cone by sliding point ‘L’ so that it touches point ‘A’. Measure the approximate diameter of the cone formed. Measure the approximate height of the cone formed. Record this information on the chart. Complete the table below by sliding point ‘L’ of the circle so that it lies on top of the points listed in the table. Use your centimeter ruler to measure the approximate diameter of the cone formed and the approximate height. (As you begin to make the cones from L to F and smaller diameters, it is easier to form the cone if a section is cut off the circle by cutting from point D to the center. This reduces the amount of the paper inside the cone.)
Point of intersection Approximate diameter of cone
formed
Approximate height of cone formed
Approximate volume of the
cone
L to A
L to B
L to C
L to D
L to E
L to F
L to G
L to H
L to I Use the data you collected in your chart to make the following observations:
1. How does the change affect the volume of the cone?
2. How do the changes in the diameter and height affect the surface area of the cone?
3. Is there a maximum height of a cone formed from a circle? Explain.
Unit 4, Activity 7, Comparing Cones with Answers
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Cut out the circle on the Model for Cone BLM and make a slit for the radius. Form a cone by sliding point ‘L’ so that it touches point ‘A’. Measure the approximate diameter of the cone formed. Measure the approximate height of the cone formed. Record this information on the chart. Complete the table below by sliding point ‘L’ of the circle so that it lies on top of the points listed in the table. Use your centimeter ruler to measure the approximate diameter of the cone formed and the approximate height.
Point of intersection Approximate diameter of cone
formed
Approximate height of cone formed
Approximate volume of the
cone
L to A ≈15 cm ≈3cm ≈177cm3
L to B ≈ 13cm ≈4.5cm ≈199cm3
L to C ≈12cm ≈5.5cm ≈207 cm3
L to D ≈11 ≈6 ≈190 cm3
L to E ≈9 ≈6.5 ≈138 cm3
L to F ≈8 ≈7 ≈117cm3
L to G ≈7 ≈7.25 ≈93cm3
L to H ≈5.5 ≈7.5 ≈ 59cm3
L to I ≈4 ≈8 ≈34cm3 Use the data you collected in your chart to make the following observations:
1. How does the change affect the volume of the cone? As the diameter decreases, the height increases and the volume decreases
2. How do the changes in diameter of the cone and height affect the surface area of the cone?
The surface area decreases as the diameter decreases. 3. Is there a maximum height of a cone formed from a circle? Explain
The height of a cone formed from a circle must be less than the radius of the circle. A cone cannot be formed with a height equal to the radius.
Unit 4, Activity7, Model for Cone
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T OP
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
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L
Unit 4, Activity 8, Common Containers
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Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Hour ___________
Container Estimated Volume
Volume in US Customary Measure ( write formula, show substitutions, and provide answer)
Volume in metric measure (write formula, show substitutions, and provide answer)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Unit 4, Activity 9, Changing Volumes
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Name _________________________________ Date __________________ Hour __________
Part 1 SURFACE AREA, VOLUME AND DIMENSIONS
Volume Dimensions
Original: 4 units x 3 units x 2 units
Double width:
Part 2
Volume Dimensions
8 cubic units (8 u3) Cube:
Double one side:
Double two sides:
Double three sides:
27 cubic units (27 u3) Cube:
Double one side:
Double two sides:
Double three sides:
Unit 4, Activity 9, Changing Volumes
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1. Think about the activity we have done, and explain the relationship that doubling one or more dimensions has on volume.
2. Complete the table below using what you learned about the relationship of dimensions to volume. Show your work.
Part 3
Volume Dimensions
Original Dimensions:
41 unit x
41 unit x
41 unit
21 unit x
21 unit x
21 unit
21 unit x
21 unit x 1 unit
21 unit x 1 unit x 1 unit
Unit 4, Activity 9, Changing Volumes with Answers
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Part 1 SURFACE AREA, VOLUME AND DIMENSIONS
Volume Dimensions
24 cubic units (24 u3) Original: 4 units x 3 units x 2 units
48 cubic units (48 u3) Double width: 4 units x 6 units x 2 units
Part 2
Volume Dimensions
8 cubic units (8 u3) Original: 2 units x 2 units x 2 units
16 cubic units (16 u3) Double one side: 2 units x 2 units x 4 units
32 cubic units (27 u3) Double two sides: 2 units x 4 units x 4 units
64 cubic units (216 u3) Double three sides: 4 units x 4 units x 4 units
27 cubic units (1 u3) [cube] Original: 3 units x 3 units x 3 units
54 cubic units (54 u3) Double one side: 3 units x 3 units x 6 units
108 cubic units (108 u3) Double two sides: 3 units x 6 units x 6 units
216 cubic units (216 u3) Double three sides: 6 units x 6 units x 6 units 1. Think about the activity we have done, and explain the relationship that doubling one
or more dimensions has on surface area and volume. Doubling only one dimension makes the volume twice as large. Doubling two dimensions makes the volume four times as large as the original.. Doubling all three dimensions makes the volume 8 times large.
2. Complete the table below using what you learned about the relationship of dimensions to surface area and volume. Show your work.
Part 3 Volume Dimensions
641 u3
41 unit x
41 unit x
41 unit
81 u3
21 unit x
21 unit x
21 unit Multiply original volume by 8 since
all dimensions have been doubled.
41 u3
21 unit x
21 unit 1 unit Multiply original volume by 16 since
two dimensions were doubled and one was quadrupled.
21 u3
21 unit x 1 unit x 1 unit Multiply original volume by 2 x 4 x 4
or 32 since those are the factors. .
Unit 4, Activity 9, Real Life Volume Situations
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Name ____________________________ Date ___________________ Hour ______________
1. Richard said that he constructed a rectangular prism that has the largest possible surface area with a volume of 48 ft3. Explain what the whole number dimensions of Richard’s rectangular prism have to be to have the largest surface area.
2. Daniel said that if the dimensions of Richard’s rectangular prism were not whole numbers he could make a rectangular prism with a larger surface area. Is Daniel correct? Explain.
3. Samantha said she built a rectangular prism with ‘snap cubes’ that had one face with a surface area of 24 u2 and a volume of 216 u3. Find the dimensions of Samantha’s rectangular prism, and sketch a diagram with dimensions labeled.
Unit 4, Activity 9, Real Life Volume Situations with Answers
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1. Richard said that he constructed a rectangular prism that has the largest possible surface area with a volume of 48 ft3. Explain what the whole number dimensions of Richard’s rectangular prism have to be to have the largest surface area.
Dimensions would be 1 unit by 1 unit by 48 units, and all 48 cubes would be showing---SA = 2 ends + 48 + 48 + 48 + 48 = 194 unts²
2. Daniel said that if the dimensions of Richard’s rectangular prism were not whole numbers, he could make a rectangular prism with a larger surface area. Is Daniel correct? Explain.
Yes. If you change the dimensions to ½u x 96u x 1u = 289u²
3. Samantha said she built a rectangular prism with ‘snap cubes’ that had one face with a surface area of 24 u2 and a volume of 216 u3. Find the dimensions of Samantha’s rectangular prism, and sketch a diagram with dimensions labeled.
Possible answers: 1x24x9, 2x12x9, 3x8x9, 4x6x 9
Unit 4, Activity 11, Finding Density
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Finding Density
L W H Volume Mass Density Station 1 rectangular prism
Station 2 rectangular prism
Station 3 rectangular prism
Average Density
Unit 4, Activity 12, Density Experiments
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Station 1 – Density of Candy
Item Mass in grams
Volume in cubic cm Density L W H Volume
Musketeers® Bar
Snickers ®
Bar
Station 2– Density of Soap and Pumice Stone
Item Mass in grams
Volume in cubic cm Density L W H Volume
Soap
Pumice Stone
Station 3– Density of Marble and Ball
Item Mass in grams
Volume in cubic cm 34
3V rπ=
Density
Marble
Ball
Unit 4, Activity 12, Class Data Charts
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Station 1 – Class Data Chart
Group Number
Density of Musketeers® Bar Density of Snickers® Bar
1
2
3
4
5
6
Average
Unit 4, Activity 12, Class Data Charts
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Station 2 – Class Data Chart
Group Number
Density of Soap Density of Pumice Stone
1
2
3
4
5
6
Average
Unit 4, Activity 12, Class Data Charts
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Station 3 – Class Data Chart
Group Number
Density of Marble Density of Ball
1
2
3
4
5
6
Average
Unit 4, Activity 14, Alligator
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Directions: In Louisiana, there are many alligators. Use the information in the graph below to write a paragraph describing whether or not there is a relationship between the length of an alligator and the number of documented bites by alligators of each length. Justify your conclusion with any information from the graph. Make a prediction as to the number of times an alligator that is about five feet long bites, and explain why you think your prediction is correct.
Number of Alligator bites (each point represents one alligator)
The alligator at the left is a 10-foot alligator. What is the scale used in the drawing? Explain. Place a point on the graph above to represent the number of projected bites from an alligator of this length. Give approximate dimensions of a rectangular prism or
solid that could be used to transport this gator. Explain why your dimensions will create a box to contain this gator.
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2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Length in Feet
Num
ber o
f Bite
s
Unit 4, Activity 14, Alligator with Answers
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The graph shows a definite negative trend that shows as the length goes down, the number of bites go up and vice versa. Make a prediction as to the number of times an alligator that is about five feet long bites and explain why you think your prediction is correct At 5 feet about 7 bites
The alligator at the left is a 10-foot alligator. What is the scale used in the drawing? Explain. 2 1/8” = 10’ Place a point on the graph above to represent the number of projected bites from an alligator of this length.
between 1 and 2 bites Give approximate dimensions of a rectangular prism or solid that could be used to transport this gator. Explain why your dimensions will create a box to contain this gator Answers will vary depending on how thick they think an alligator is. A reasonable answer would include the 10’ for the length. A student might measure the width of the alligator in the picture
(approximately21 ”) and use the proportion
'10"125.2"5. x
= to find the width. This would give an
approximate width of 312 feet.
Unit 5, Activities 1, 2, 3, 4, and 17, Grid
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Unit 5, Activity 1, Camping Sounds!
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Name ______________________________ Date ____________ Hour ________
1. Raccoons ate 117 marshmallows total from three bags. The raccoons ate 47 from Sue’s bag and 31 from Sam’s bag. How many were eaten from Melissa’s bag? Write your equation and solve.
2. Melissa ate some marshmallows on Saturday and 3 less on Sunday. She ate four times as many on Friday as she did on Saturday. If Melissa ate a total of 33 marshmallows, how many marshmallows did Melissa eat on Saturday? Write your equation and solve.
3. Jack wanted to go canoeing. He has carried the canoe for 14 minutes. The trip should take 21 minutes for him to get to the lake. How much more time, t, does he have to walk?
Write your equation. Make a graph of Jack’s walk to the lake if he walks 14 mile every 3
minutes.
4. Sam is hiking on a trail that is 280 feet long. He has hiked 20 feet less than half the distance. How far, d, has he walked? Write your equation and solve. If Sam walks 10 feet per second and completes the trail, make a graph of his hike along the trail.
5. A bag of marshmallows has about 150 small marshmallows in each bag. Campers took marshmallows on a camping trip. A group of raccoons came to the campsite and ate about 20 marshmallows each hour. Make a table of values to find the length of time it took for the raccoons to eat the bag of marshmallows. Graph your values on the Grid for Questions 5 and 6 BLM.
6. Jack wants to canoe down river. The guide told him that the average speed down river is 20 mph. Jack will leave the campsite to canoe at 10:20 a.m. Make a table of values to find how far Jack will have gone by 5:00 p.m. Graph your values on the Grid for Questions 5 and 6 BLM.
Unit 5, Activity 1, Camping Sounds! with Answers
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1. Raccoons ate 117 marshmallows total from three bags. The raccoons ate 47 from Sue’s
bag and 31 from Sam’s bag. How many were eaten from Melissa’s bag? Write your equation and solve. Solution: 117 = 31+47 +n; n = 39
2. Melissa ate some marshmallows on Saturday and 3 less on Sunday. She ate four times as
many on Friday as she did on Saturday. If Melissa ate a total of 33 marshmallows, how many marshmallows did Melissa eat on Saturday? Write your equation and solve. Solution 33= 4(x)+ x+(x - 3); x = 6
3. Jack wanted to go canoeing. He has carried the
canoe for 14 minutes. The trip should take 21 minutes for him to get to the lake. How much more time, t, does he have to walk? Write your equation. Solution: 21 – 14 = t ; Make a graph of Jack’s walk
to the lake if he walks 14 mile every 3 minutes.
4. Sam is hiking on a trail that is 280 feet long. He has hiked 20 feet less than half the distance. How far, d, has he walked? Write your equation and solve. Solution: 280
2 - 20 = d; d = 120 feet If Sam walks 10 feet per second and completes the trail, make a graph of his hike along the trail.
5. A bag of marshmallows has about 150 small
marshmallows in each bag. Campers took marshmallows on a camping trip. A group of raccoons came to the campsite and ate about 20 marshmallows each hour. Make a table of values to find the length of time it took for the raccoons to eat the bag of marshmallows. Graph your values on the Grid for Questions 5 and 6 BLM.
Hours 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Marshmallows left in bag
150 130 110 90 70 50 30 10 Finished bag in
about ½ hour
6. Jack wants to canoe down river. The guide told him that the average speed down river is
20 mph. Jack will leave the campsite to canoe at 10:20 a.m. Make a table of values to find how far Jack will have gone by 5:00 p.m. Graph your values on the Grid for Questions 5 and 6 BLM.
Time 10:20 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
12:20 a.m.
1:20 p.m.
2:20 p.m.
3:20 p.m.
4:20 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Distance (miles)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 133
31 miles
Canoe Trip
1815
Time (minutes)
Distance(miles)
2
1
21129630
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
28262422201816141210864
Hiking
Time (seconds)
Distance(feet)
20
Unit 5, Activity 1, Grid for Questions 5 and 6
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Grid for #6
Grid for #5
Unit 5, Activity 1, Grid for Questions 5 and 6 with Answers
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Marshmallows Eaten on Trip
#
marshmallows
eaten
876543210
70
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
60
50
40
30
20
10
Graph for question 5
Canoe Trip
(miles)
DISTANCE
4:20 5:203:202:201:2012:2011:20Time (minutes)
10:200
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
Graph for question 6
Unit 5, Activity 2, Patterns and Graphing
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A r r #3A r r #2A r r #1
Name ___________________________________ Date _______________ Hour __________ Pattern 1
a) Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangement in the pattern. b) Make a table that shows the arrangement number and the total number of tiles in the
pattern.
c) Describe a ‘rule’ for determining the number of tiles in the 25th pattern, 100th pattern.
d) Is the rate of change in this pattern linear? Explain why or why not.
Pattern 2
a) Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangement in the pattern. b) Make a table that shows the arrangement number and the total number of tiles in the
pattern.
Arrangement Arrangement Arrangement 1 2 3
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c) Describe a ‘rule’ for determining the number of tiles in the 25th pattern, 100th pattern.
d) Is the rate of change in this pattern linear? Explain why or why not.
Unit 5, Activity 2, Patterns and Graphing with Answers
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A r r #3A r r #2A r r #1
Pattern
a) Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangement in the pattern. b) Make a table that shows the arrangement number and the total number of tiles in the
pattern.
c) Describe a ‘rule’ for determining the number of tiles in the 25th pattern, 100th pattern. 3 times the arrangement number plus 1 3x + 1
d) Is the rate of change in this pattern linear? Explain why or why not? Linear, no exponents.
Pattern 2 Arr # 4 Arr # 5
Arrangment # Total tiles 1 4 2 7 3 10 4 13 5 16
Arrangement # Total # of tiles 1 1 2 4 3 9
Arrangement Arrangement Arrangement 1 2 3
Arrangement Arrangement 4 5
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a) Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangement in the pattern.
b) Make a table that shows the arrangement number and the total number of tiles in the pattern.
c) Describe a ‘rule’ for determining the number of tiles in the 25th pattern, 100th pattern. Rule: The arrangement number times itself, or the arrangement number squared produces the number of tiles needed.
d) Is the rate of change in this pattern linear? Explain why or why not? This arrangement number is not linear because it is a square.
4 16 5 25
Unit 5, Activity 2, More Practice with Patterns
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Name ___________________________Date __________________ Hour _____________ Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangements in each of the patterns below. Answer the questions that follow. 1.
a) How many tiles will be in the 10th arrangement?
b) One arrangement in this pattern has 86 tiles. Explain how you will determine the arrangement number that this number of tiles represents. Which arrangement is it?
c) There are two consecutive arrangements of this pattern that contain a total of 128 tiles. What are the two consecutive arrangements?
d) Explain which consecutive arrangements contain exactly this number of tiles.
e) Write an equation to represent this pattern.
f) Make a table and graph this equation on a coordinate grid.
Arrangement #1 #2 #3
Unit 5, Activity 2, More Practice with Patterns
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Name _________________________________ . 2. Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangements in each of the patterns below. Answer the questions that follow.
a) Make a table of values with the x value representing the arrangement number and the
y value representing the perimeter of the figures 1 - 5 (the sides of the equilateral triangle represent 1 unit).
b) Plot the coordinates of the pattern on grid paper. Use the grid paper to determine which arrangement will have a perimeter of 57 units. Explain how you determined this.
c) Write an equation to represent the growth represented in this pattern. Explain how you determined this.
Arrangement Number #1 #2 #3
Unit 5, Activity 2, More Practice with Patterns with Answers
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Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangements in each of the patterns below. Answer the questions that
follow. 1.
a. How many tiles will be in the 10th arrangement? 42 tiles
b. One arrangement in this pattern has 86 tiles. Explain how you will determine the arrangement number that this number of tiles represents. Which arrangement is it? (86 – 2) ÷4 = 21 21 is the arrangement number There is a constant of 2 squares in the center---and each leg is the arrangement number.
c. There are two consecutive arrangements in this pattern that contain a total of 128
tiles. What are the two consecutive arrangements? Arrangements 15 and 16
d. Explain which consecutive arrangements contain exactly this number of tiles.
One possible explanation: Arrangement 15 will contain 4(15) + 2 and arrangement 16 will contain 4(16) + 2 tiles. These two arrangements would give the exact 128 tile. 15 tile in 3 of the four legs of the 15th and 16 tile in 3 of the 4 legs of the 16th and the 2 extra center tiles.
e. Write an equation to represent this pattern.
Total = 4 times the arrangement number plus 2, T = 4n + 2
f. Make a table and graph this equation on a coordinate grid.
Arrangement # x
total tile y
1 6 2 10 3 14 4 18 5 22
Arrangement #1 #2 #3
Arrangement 5
Arrangement 4
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2. Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangement in each of the patterns below. Answer the questions that follow.
4TH arrangement has 4 hexagons and 4 equilateral triangles. 5th arrangement has 5 hexagons and 5 equilateral triangles
a. Make a table of values with the ‘x’ value represent the arrangement number and the
‘y’ value represent the perimeter of the figures 1 - 5 (the sides of the equilateral triangle represent 1 unit).
b. Plot the coordinates of the pattern on grid paper. Use the grid paper to determine
which arrangement will have a perimeter of 57 units. Explain how you determined this.
(57 – 2)÷ 2 = 11, the 11th arrangement has 57 units. Continued the line on the graph and found the coordinates of the line on the grid.
c. Write an equation to represent the growth shown in this pattern. Explain how you
determined this.
Perimeter = arrangement number times 5 plus 2, y = 5x + 2
arrangement number x
Perimeter y
1 7 2 12 3 17 4 22 5 27
Arrangement Number #1 #2 #3
Unit 5, Activity 2, Patterns and Graphing Practice
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Name _________________________________ Date ____________ Hour _____ 1. While performing an experiment in Mr. Knight’s science class, the students noticed a
pattern was formed when a certain ingredient was added to a solution. From the table below, choose an equation that best generalizes the pattern.
a) y = -3x + 47 b) y = 3x – 47 c) y = 3x +47 d) y = 3x
2. Mona is saving money for college. Each week she doubles the amount of her deposit. She began her account with just $5.
a. Make a table representing Mona’s savings.
b. How much money will Mona deposit into her account after 5 weeks?
c. Predict how much money Mona deposited into her account after 10 weeks?
3. Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangements in the pattern below.
Amount of x (mL) Amount of y (mL) 5 32 6 29 7 26
Arr. # 1 Arr. #2 Arr. #3
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4. How many tiles will there be in the 10th arrangement? Explain in words what it will look like.
5. How many tiles will there be in the 27th arrangement? Sketch a diagram that shows what it will look like.
6. Which arrangement will have 133 tiles? Explain how you determined the answer.
7. Write an expression that would help you determine the total number of tiles in the nth arrangement.
8. Make a table of values with x being the arrangement number and y being the total number of tiles. Graph your table values on a coordinate grid.
Unit 5, Activity 2, Patterns and Graphing Practice with Answers
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1. While performing an experiment in Mr. Knight’s science class, the students noticed a pattern was formed when a certain ingredient was added to a solution. From the table below, choose an equation that best generalizes the pattern.
a) y = -3x + 47 b) y = 3x – 47 c) y = 3x +47 d) y = 3x
2. Mona is saving money for college. Each week she doubles the amount of her deposit.
She began her account with just $5.
a. Make a table representing Mona’s savings.
b. How much money will Mona deposit into her account after 5 weeks? $160 deposit week 5
c. Predict how much money Mona deposited into her account after 10 weeks? About $5000 – if student figures out pattern, the amount will be $5120
3. Sketch the 4th and 5th arrangements in the pattern below.
3 tiles on each leg 3 tiles on each leg Arrangement 5 has a center tile, with 4 tiles on each leg.
4. How many tiles will there be in the 10th arrangement? Explain in words what it will look like.
The 10th arrangement has 37 tiles. There will be one tile in the center and nine tiles on each of the 4 legs.
5. How many tiles will there be in the 27th arrangement? Sketch a diagram that shows what it will look like. There will be 26 tile on each of the 4 legs and one in the middle for a total of 105 tiles.
Amount of x (mL) Amount of y (mL) 5 32 6 29 7 26
x = week
0 1 2 3 4 5 Amount of deposit
5 10 20 40 80 160
Arr. # 1 Arr. #2 Arr. #3
Unit 5, Activity 2, Patterns and Graphing Practice with Answers
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6. Which arrangement will have 133 tiles? Explain how you determined the answer. The 34th arrangement has 133 tiles. 133 – 1(center tile) = 132. 132 ÷4 legs) = 33+ 1=34 7. Write an expression that would help you determine the total number of tiles in the nth
arrangement. 4(n – 1) + 1 or 4n - 3 Make a table of values with x being the arrangement number and y being the total number of tiles. Graph your table values on a coordinate grid.
x y 2 5 10 37 27 105 34 133
Student answers will vary.
Unit 5, Activity 3, Circles and Patterns
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Name __________________________ Date ____________________ Hour _____________ Below are sketches of three circles. The radius of each successive circle is one unit longer than the previous. Make a table of values for circles 1 – 5 in this same pattern for which the radius increases in the same manner. Complete the table of values below: Use π = 3.14
r π r2 Observations:
Circle #1 Circle #2 Circle #3
Unit 5, Activity 3, Circles and Patterns with Answers
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Below are sketches of three circles. The radius of each successive circle is one unit longer than the previous. Make a table of values for circles 1 – 5 in this same pattern for which the radius increases in the same manner. Complete the table of values below: Use π = 3.14
r π r2 Area of Circle with given radius
Observations:
1 2 3 4 5
(3.14)(12) (3.14)(22) (3.14)(32) (3.14)(42) (3.14)(52)
3.14 square units 12.56 square units 28.26 square units 50.24 square units 78.5 square units
Student answers will vary. Examples of student observations might be as follows: Not a linear pattern. If the radius is doubled, the area of the circle is 4 times as large. For example, the circle with the radius of 2 has an area of 12.56 square units, and the circle with a radius of 4 units has an area of 4 x 12.56 or 50.24 square units.
Circle #1 Circle #2 Circle #3
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
5
Unit 5, Activity 6, Graph Situations
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This is the sheet you need to cut into strips to distribute to the students
A) Joe left his room walking slowly, stopped at the refrigerator to get a snack, and then he went quickly into the backyard.
B) Sally ran quickly to the dressing room after the ball game. She
stopped at the door and went back to speak to her parents. C) Stephanie receives $25 a week for allowance, and she spends only
$15 a week. D) Jeremy has $200 in his savings account and puts $15 a week in his
account, but he spends $10 a week for snacks after school. E) The rental car company charges $30/day to rent a small car. F) Danny rode his bicycle fast and then stopped for a few minutes to
rest before beginning to ride at a slow, steady pace. G) The bus was stalled at the intersection for about 10 minutes before
the driver started the engine and moved the bus slowly out of the way. H) Jonathan drives slowly until he gets on the interstate. He speeds up
until he gets to an area of construction where he slows down once more.
I) Derrick walks to the store, stops to buy a soda, and then he runs back
home.
Unit 5, Activity 6, Graph Situations for Students
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Name(s) ________________________ Date ______________ Hour _______ Write the letter from the graph on the wall next to the situation. ____ 1.) Sally ran quickly to the dressing room after the ball game. She stopped at the door and went back to speak to her parents. ____ 2.) Derrick walks to the store, stops to buy a soda, and then he runs back home. ____ 3.) Danny rode his bicycle fast and then stopped for a few minutes to rest before beginning to ride at a slow, steady pace. ____ 4.) Jeremy has $200 in his savings account and puts $15 a week in his account, but he spends $10 a week for snacks after school. ____ 5.) Joe left his room walking slowly, stopped at the refrigerator to get a snack, and went quickly into the backyard. ____6.) Jonathan drives slowly until he gets on the interstate. He speeds up until he gets to an area of construction where he slows down once more. ____ 7.) The rental car company charges $30/day to rent a small car. ____ 8.) Stephanie receives $25 a week for allowance, and she spends only $15 a week. ____ 9.) The bus was stalled at the intersection for about 10 minutes before the driver started the engine and moved the bus slowly out of the way.
Unit 5, Activity 6, Graph Situations with Possible Graph Sketches
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(A) Distance from starting point (B) Distance from starting point (C) amount of $ time time weeks (D) amount of $ (E) amount of $ (F) distance from starting point weeks days time (G) Distance from starting point (H) Distance from starting point (I) Distance from starting point time time time
Unit 5, Activity 6, Graph Situations Process Guide
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Graphs needed to represent situations
Sketch a graph illustrating the difference in a graph for walking slowly and running
Sketch a graph illustrating running fast and coming to a stop.
Sketch a graph illustrating a deposit into a bank account of the same amount each week.
Sketch a graph that compares the speed of a car traveling on the interstate and a second car traveling on a busy city street.
Sketch a graph that illustrates the speed of a car on the interstate and exiting onto a busy street as the light turns red.
Sketch a graph that illustrates the speed of a runner during a 10 mile marathon.
Unit 5, Activity 7, Inequality Situations and Graphs
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Name ______________________________ Date ___________________ Hour ___________ a. Jamie went to the mall and found a pair of in-line skates that he wanted to buy for $88. He
makes $5.50/hour babysitting his little brother. He already has $13.25. Write and solve an inequality to find how many hours and minutes he must baby-sit to buy the skates. Graph the solution set.
b. A group of 8 students could not spend more than $78.50 when they went to the movies. If the
tickets cost $6.50 each and snacks were $1.50 each, how many snacks could the students buy?
c. Coach told the team members that they must each earn at least $30 this week for a weekend
tournament. Tim knows his dad will give him $12 to mow his grandmother’s lawn and $8 for each car he washes. If Tim mows his grandmother’s lawn, write and solve an inequality to find how many cars he needs to wash to earn at least $30. Graph the solution set.
d. Sam wants to go to Washington D.C. in the spring. The trip will cost him $380 to go with
his 8th grade class. Sam has saved $150 and he makes $5.25/hour when he works with his dad after school. Write and solve an inequality to find how many hours Sam must work with his dad to have at least $380. Graph the solution set.
Unit 5, Activity 7, Inequality Situations and Graphs with Answers
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a. Jamie went to the mall and found a pair of in-line skates that he wanted to buy for $88. He makes $5.50/hour babysitting his little brother. He already has $13.25. Write and solve an inequality to find how many hours and minutes he must baby-sit to buy the skates. Graph the solution set.
5.5 x ≥88 – 13.25 x ≥73.25/5.5 x ≥ 13.5 hours He must work at least 13 hours and 30 minutes.
c. A group of 8 students could not spend more than $78.50 when they went to the movies. If the
tickets cost $6.50 each and snacks were $1.50 each, how many snacks could the students buy?
$78.50 ≤ 8(6.50) + 1.5x $78.50 – 52.00 ≤ 1.5x 26.50 ≤ 1.5x 17.7 ≤ x x≥ 17.7 snacks
c. Coach told the team members that they must each earn at least $30 this week for a weekend
tournament. Tim knows his dad will give him $12 to mow his grandmother’s lawn and $8 for each car he washes. If Tim mows his grandmother’s lawn, write and solve an inequality to find how many cars he needs to wash to earn at least $30. Graph the solution set.
12 + 8x ≥ 30 8x ≥ 30 – 12 8x ≥ 18 x ≥ 2 1/9 or he must wash at least 3 cars He must wash at least 3 cars.
d. Sam wants to go to Washington D.C. in the spring. The trip will cost him $380 to go with his 8th grade class. Sam has saved $150 and he makes $5.25/hour when he works with his dad after school. Write and solve an inequality to find how many hours Sam must work with his dad to have at least $380. Graph the solution set.
150 +5.25x ≥380 5.25x ≥ 380 – 150 5.25x ≥ 230 x≥ 230 /5.25 x ≥43.80952381 He must work at least 44 hours to have enough money.
14.013.0
Number of hours
4948474645444342
Number of hours
Number of Snacks Purchased
1614121086420 18 19
Number of cars to wash
1614121086420 18 19
Unit 5, Activity 9, T-Shirt Auction Word Grid
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Name ______________________________ Date ____________ Hour ________ Original Cost of the T-shirt
$10 $11.50 $9
twice the square of the price of the T-shirt
one-half the cube of the price of the T-shirt
5 times the cost of the T-shirt
the square of the cost of the T-shirt plus $15
one hundred times the cost of the T-shirt
the cost of the shirt x 104
$15 less than the cost of the shirt squared
$250 less than the cube of the price of the T-shirt
Unit 5, Activity 9, T-shirt Auction Word Grid with Answers
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Name ______________________________ Date ____________ Hour ________ Original Cost of the T-shirt
$10 $11.50 $9
twice the square of the price of the T-shirt
2(102) = $200 2(11.52) =$264.50 2(92) =$162
one-half the cube of the price of the T-shirt 2
103
= $500 25.11 3
=$760.44 293
= $364.50
5 times the cost of the T-shirt
5(10) = $50 5(11.5) = $57.50 5(9) = $45
the square of the cost of the T-shirt plus $15
102 + 15= $115 11.52 + 15 =$147.25
92+ 15 =$96
one hundred times the cost of the T-shirt
100(10) = $1000 100(11.5) = $1150.00
100(9) = $900
the cost of the shirt x 104 10(104) = $100,000 11.5(104) =$115,000
9(104) = $90,000
$15 less than the cost of the shirt squared
(102)-15 = $85 (11.52)- 15 = $117.25
(92)- 15 = $66
$250 less than the cube of the price of the T-shirt
(103) – 250 = $750 (11.53) – 250 =$1270.88
(93) – 250 =$479
Unit 5, Activity 10, Reporting Results
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Name ___________________________________ Date _____________ Hour ______
Rule used for Auctioned price
Auctioned price of the $11.50 originally priced T-shirt.
Number of T-shirts sold for this price
Amount made on the $11.50 T-shirt following each rule
twice the square of the price of the T-
shirt
4
one-half the cube of the price of the T-
shirt
2
5 times the cost of the T-shirt
15
the square of the cost of the T-shirt
plus $15
3
one hundred times the cost of the T-
shirt
1
the cost of the shirt x 104
1
Unit 5, Activity 10, Reporting Results with Answers
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Rule used for Auctioned price
Auctioned price of the $11.50 originally priced T-shirt.
Number of T-shirts sold for this price
Amount made on the $11.50 T-shirt following each rule
twice the square of the price of the T-
shirt
$264.50 4 $648
one-half the cube of the price of the T-
shirt
$760.44 2 $1520.88
5 times the cost of the T-shirt
$57.50 15 $862.50
the square of the cost of the T-shirt
plus $15
$147.25 3 $441.75
one hundred times the cost of the T-
shirt
$1150 1 $1150
the cost of the shirt x 104
$115,000 1 $115,000
Unit 5, Activity 11, Rate of Change Grid
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Unit 5, Activity 11, Rate of Change Grid With Answers
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-10
10
100 y = x - 2
y = x2
y = x3
y = 2x
Unit 5, Activity 12, Scientific Notation
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Set up each of the problems in scientific notation and then solve the problems.
1. The planet Mercury is 58,000,000 kilometers from the sun. The planet Pluto is 102 times further from the sun than the planet Mercury. About how far is the planet Pluto from the sun?
2. Samantha’s bicycle tire has a diameter of 65 centimeters. She figured the circumference was about 204 centimeters. She used a counter on her front bicycle tire that counts each time the tire makes one rotation to determine the distance she traveled. The counter said 106 when she stopped. She decided that she had traveled 204,000,000 cm but her calculator said 2.04 x 108. Use your calculators to determine how the calculator representation relates to Samantha’s or give an example of how Samantha’s calculator represents 204 million centimeters.
3. How old is a person who is one billion seconds old? Explain your reasoning. Represent your answer using the number of seconds and represent the one billion seconds in scientific notation. Next, simplify your answer using years, months, weeks, days, minutes, and/or seconds.
4. In a FoxTrot cartoon the character refers to her excitement over summer vacation by cheering that since it is summer vacation she has 8,121,600 seconds without homework! Write the number in scientific notation and determine the number of hours that she is referring to.
Unit 5, Activity 12, Scientific Notation with Answers
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Set up each of the problems in scientific notation and then solve the problems.
1. The planet Mercury is 58,000,000 kilometers from the sun. The planet Pluto is 102 times further from the sun than the planet Mercury. About how far is the planet Pluto from the sun?
5,800,000,000 = 5.8 x 109km
5. Samantha’s bicycle tire has a diameter of 65 centimeters. She figured the circumference was about 204 centimeters. She used a counter on her front bicycle tire that counts each time the tire makes one rotation to determine the distance she traveled. The counter said 106 when she stopped. She decided that she had traveled 204,000,000 cm but her calculator said 2.04 x 108. Use your calculators to determine how the calculator representation relates to Samantha’s or give an example of how Samantha’s calculator represents 204 million centimeters. The calculator was giving the answer in scientific notation.
2. How old is a person who is one billion seconds old? Explain your reasoning. Represent
your answer using the number of seconds and represent the one billion seconds in scientific notation. Next, simplify your answer using years, months, weeks, days, minutes, and/or seconds. 1 billion seconds in scientific notation would be 1.0 x 109 1,000,000,000seconds/60 seconds in a minute ≈ 16,666,666.67min About 16,666,666.67minutes/60 minutes in an hour ≈ 277,777.7778 hours About 277,777.78 hours/ 24 hours in a day ≈ 11574.0741 days 1157.4075 days/365 days in a year (not a LEAP year) ≈ 31.7098 years About 31.7098 years ≈ 3 years, 259 days
3. In a FoxTrot cartoon the character refers to her excitement over summer vacation by cheering that since it is summer vacation she has 8,121,600 seconds without homework! Write the number in scientific notation and determine the number of hours that she is referring to.
8.1216 x 10 6seconds 8,121,600 seconds = 2256 hours
Unit 5, Activity 15, Inequality Cards
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Sally wants to buy a new jacket that costs $85 with her baby-sitting money. She makes $5.25 an hour baby-sitting. How many whole hours must she baby-sit to buy the jacket.
5.25n ≥ 85
n ≥ 17; at least 17 hours
Kyle mows lawns for $5.25/hour. He does not charge any customer more than $42. What is the maximum number of hours it takes Kyle to mow a lawn?
5.25n ≤ 42
n ≤ 8; no more than 8 hours
Unit 5, Activity 15, Inequality Cards
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A city bus charges $2.50 per trip. It also offers a monthly pass for $85. How many times must a person use the bus so that the pass is less expensive than individual tickets.
85 < 2.50n
n > 34; more than 34 times
Monroe needs more than 45 cubic feet of soil to fill the planter he built. Each bag of soil contains 2.5 cubic feet. How many bags of soil will Monroe need?
2.5n > 45
n > 18; at least 18 bags
Unit 5, Activity 15, Formula Madness BLM
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Name _____________________________ Date ____________ Hour __________
1. A rectangular sandbox has measurements of 6.5 feet x 4.8 feet. Don wants to completely fill the sandbox with sand. Find the volume of sand that Don needs to completely fill the sandbox if the height of the sandbox is 9 inches.
2. Sam found a beach ball that was advertised as having a diameter of 48 inches. What is the circumference of the beach ball? Describe your method.
3. Joseph was planning a trip to south Florida. The average low temperature is 56° F and the average high temperature is 88° F. The formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius
is )32(95
−= FC . Find these temperatures in Celsius. Explain your thinking.
4. A stack of nickels is 212 inches tall. The diameter of a nickel is
1613 in. find the volume
of the stack of nickels. Be sure to label your steps. Make a table of values for stacks of
nickels that are 2, 212 , and 3 inches tall. Graph these points and determine whether the
relationship is linear.
5. Betty wanted to cover a circular area of the counter that was 38.465 square feet. She had to buy the marble in square pieces. What would be the smallest square that she could buy that would cover this area? How does the diameter of the circular area relate to the size of the square she must buy?
Unit 5, Activity 16, Formula Madness BLM with Answers
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1. A rectangular sandbox has measurements of 6.5 feet x 4.8 feet. Don wants to completely fill the sandbox with sand. Find the volume of sand that Don needs to completely fill the sandbox if the height of the sandbox is 9 inches.
V = lwh V = (6.5)(4.8)(9) V =23.4 cubic feet
2. Sam found a beach ball that was advertised as having a diameter of 48 inches. What
would be the circumference of the beach ball? Describe your method. Use 3.14 for π. C = π d C = (3.14)(48) C = 150.72 inches
If the diameter is given, multiply the diameter times pi. This time I used 3.14 for pi.
3. Joseph was planning a trip to south Florida. The average low temperature is 56° F and the average high temperature is 88° F. The formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius
is )32(95
−= FC . Find these temperatures in Celsius. Explain your thinking.
56° F = 3113 ° C
88° F = 9131 ° C
4. A stack of nickels is 212 inches tall. The diameter of a nickel is
1613 in. find the volume
of the stack of nickels. Be sure to label your steps. Make a table of values for volumes
of stacks of nickels that are 2, 212 , and 3 inches tall. Graph
these points and determine whether the relationship is linear.
B = π r2
B = (3.14) )2
165.6(
B = (3.14)(.17) B = 0.53 square units V = B(h) V ≈ .53(2.5) ≈ 1.325 cubic inches 2 inches ≈ 1.06 cubic inches 3 inches ≈ 1.59 cubic inches
5. Betty wanted to cover a circular area of the counter that was 38.465 square feet. She had
to buy the marble in square pieces. What would be the smallest square that she could buy that would cover this area? How does the diameter of the circular area relate to the size of the square she must buy?
volumeof stack of nickels
height of stack of nickels3
2
1
210
Unit 5, Activity 16, Formula Madness BLM with Answers
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A = π r2 38.465 = 3.14(r2) 38.465/3.14 = (r2) 12.25 = (r2)
25.12 = (r2) 3.5 feet =r D = 2r or 2(3.5) = 7 feet.
The diameter is the same length as the side of the square needed.
Unit 5, Activity 17, Constant and Varying Rates of Change
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Name _______________________________ Date __________________ Hour ___________ 1. Complete the table of values. 2. What do you know about the relationship shown by your completed
chart? 3. What is the rate of change? 4. Plot these coordinates on grid paper. Is the change constant or
varying? Explain. 5. Complete the table of values. 6. What do you know about the relationship shown by your completed
chart? 7. What is the rate of change? 8. Plot these coordinates on grid paper. Is the change constant or varying? Explain. 9. Complete the table of values. 10. What do you know about the relationship shown by your completed
chart? 11. Plot these coordinates on grid paper. Is the change constant or
varying? Explain.
x y= x
32
-2 -1 0 1 2 3
x
y= 3x
-2 -1 0 1 2 3
x
y= x2 + 2
-2 -1 0 1 2 3
Unit 5, Activity 17, Constant and Varying Rates of Change with Answers
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1. Complete the table of values. 2. What do you notice about the relationship shown by your completed
chart? Increasing by .666 each time
3. What is the rate of change? .666 or 2/3
4. Plot these coordinates on grid paper. Is the change constant or
varying? Explain. Constant rate of change----linear
5. Complete the table of values. 6. What do you notice about the relationship shown by your completed
chart? Increasing by 3 each time
7. What is the rate of change? Rate of change of is 3
8. Plot these coordinates on grid paper. Is the change constant or varying? Explain.
Constant rate of change ---linear 9. Complete the table of values. 10. What do you notice about the relationship shown by your completed
chart? They do not increase by the same amount each time
11. Plot these coordinates on grid paper. Is the change constant or
varying? Explain. Varying rate of change---nonlinear
x y= x
32
-2 -1.333 -1 -.666 0 0 1 .666 2 1.333 3 1.999
x
y= 3x
-2 -6 -1 -3 0 0 1 3 2 6 3 9
x
y= x2 + 2
-2 6 -1 3 0 2 1 3 2 6 3 11
Unit 5, Activity 17, Situations with Constant or Varying Rates of Change
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Name ______________________________ Date ___________________ Hour ____________ Create a table of values, write equations, sketch a graph and identify the rate of change for the situations. Tell whether the rate of change is constant or varying and explain how you know.
1. Sam gets $5.75 an hour for babysitting his baby brother.
2. Roderick’s mom gives him $2 for the first hour of babysitting and then doubles his pay each hour he baby-sits.
3. Ellen walks every day. It takes her fifteen minutes to walk one mile, 30 minutes to walk 2 miles, 45 minutes to walk 3 miles.
4. Denise started a science experiment measuring the growth of a bean plant. The plant grew 2 inches the first week, 9 inches the second week and 16 inches the third week.
Unit 5, Activity 17, Constant and Varying Rates of Change with Answers
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Create a table of values, write equations, sketch a graph and identify the rate of change for the situations. Tell whether the rate of change is constant or varying and explain how you know.
1. Sam gets $5.75 an hour for babysitting his baby brother.
Constant rate of change—we added 5.75 to each ‘y’ value each time.
2. Roderick’s mom gives him $2 for the first hour of babysitting and then doubles his pay each hour he baby-sits.
Rate of change varies each time—we add a different number to the ‘y’ value each time.
3. Ellen walks every day. It takes her fifteen minutes to walk one mile, 30 minutes to walk 2 miles, 45 minutes to walk 3 miles, etc.
Constant rate of change—we added 15 each time.
4. Denise started a science experiment measuring the growth of a bean plant. The plant grew 2 inches the first week, 9 inches the second week and 16 inches the third week.
Constant rate of change—we subtracted 7 each time.
x y 1 5.75 2 11.50 3 17.25 4 23.00
x y 1 2 2 4 3 8 4 16 5 32
x y 1 15 2 30 3 45
x y 1 2 2 9 3 16
Unit 6, Activity 1, Find that Rule
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Draw the 5th arrangement in each of these patterns and complete the table of values.
x (arrangement
#)
y (perimeter)
1 2 3 4 5
x (arrangement
#)
y (perimeter)
1 2 3 4 5
x (arrangement
#)
y (perimeter)
1 2 3
Unit 6, Activity 1, Find that Rule
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4 5
4321
A
4321
B
4321
C
Unit 6, Activity 1, Find that Rule
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x (arrangement
#)
y (perimeter)
1 2 3 4 5
x (arrangement
#)
y (perimeter)
1 2 3 4 5
321
D
431 2
E
Unit 6, Activity 1, Find that Rule
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Complete the tables below using the patterns A, B, C, and E. Notice that y is the area of the arrangement in this section
Review the values in the tables, then write the rules for finding perimeter and/or area below.
Pattern E x
(arrangement #)
y (area)
1 2 3 4 5
Pattern C x
(arrangement #)
y (area)
1 2 3 4 5
Pattern A x
(arrangement #)
y (area
) 1 2 3 4 5
Pattern B x
(arrangement #)
y (area)
1 2 3 4 5
Pattern Rule for pattern for finding perimeter
Rule for pattern for finding area
A
B
C
D Rule for finding the number of dots in pattern
E
Unit 6, Activity 1, Find that Rule with Answers
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Pattern Sketch the 5th arrangement Rule for pattern for finding perimeter
Rule for pattern for finding the area
A y = 2x + 2 y = x
B y = 2x + 8 y = x + 3
C y = 4x + 8 y = 2x + 1
D y = 2x + 3
E y = 4x + 2 y = x2 + 1
Perimeters
Areas
Pattern A x
(arrang. #) y
(P) 1 4 2 6 3 8 4 10 5 12
Pattern B x
(arrang. #) y
(P) 1 10 2 12 3 14 4 16 5 18
Pattern C x
(arrang. #) y
(P) 1 8 2 12 3 16 4 20 5 24
Pattern D x
(arrang. #) y
(#dots) 1 5 2 7 3 9 4 11 5 13
Pattern E x
(arrang. #) y
(P) 1 6 2 10 3 14 4 18 5 22
Pattern A x
(arrang. #) y
(area) 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5
Pattern C x
(arrang. #) y
(area) 1 3 2 5 3 7 4 9 5 11
Pattern E x
(arrang. #) y
(area) 1 2 2 5 3 10 4 17 5 26
Pattern B x
(arrang. #) y
(area) 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8
Unit 6, Activity 1, More Patterns and Rules
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Name ______________________________ Date _____________ Hour __________
1. How many tiles will be in the 5th arrangement of pattern ‘A’? Explain. 2. Explain the rule for the number of tiles that will be in the nth arrangement of pattern ‘A’? 3. How many tiles will be in the 4th arrangement of pattern ‘B’? 4. Explain the rule for the number of tiles that will be in the nth arrangement of pattern ‘B’? 5. Make a graph of one of these patterns. Explain the pattern that the graph of the pattern
creates (i.e., linear or not).
x (arr. #) y (# tile) 1 2 3 4 5
x (arr. #) y (# tile) 1 2 3 4 5
B
A
321
4321
Unit 6, Activity 1, More Patterns and Rules with Answers
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1. How many tiles will be in the 5th arrangement of pattern ‘A’? Explain. There will be 32 tiles in the 5th arrangement. 2. Explain the rule for the number of tiles that will be in the nth arrangement of pattern ‘A’? The rule is powers of 2 and the nth arrangement the number of tiles would be 2n. 3. How many tiles will be in the 4th arrangement of pattern ‘B’? There will be 81 tiles in the 4th arrangement. 4. Explain the rule for the number of tiles that will be in the nth arrangement of pattern ‘B’? The rule is the powers of 3 so y = 3n 5. Make a graph of one of these patterns. Explain the
pattern that the graph of the pattern creates (i.e., linear or not). The graph is not linear.
x (arr. #) y (# tile)
1 2 2 4 3 8 4 16 5 25
x (arr. #) y (# tile)
1 3 2 9 3 27 4 81 5 243
B
A
321
4321
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
-5 5 10 15
Unit 6, Activity 2, Use That Rule
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Name _______________________________ Date _______________ Hour ________
a. Write the rule that represents each of the phrases below. b. Sketch the first three figures in an arrangement that represents the rule. c. Make a table of values to represent the first 10 arrangements in each pattern. d. Identify and graph one linear and one exponential pattern.
1. Four times a number plus one.
2. A number squared minus one.
3. Two raised to the power of the figure number plus three.
4. A number plus five.
5. Three times a number minus two
Unit 6, Activity 2, Use That Rule with Answers
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a. Write the rule that represents each of the phrases below. b. Sketch the first three figures in an arrangement that represents the rule. c. Make a table of values to represent the first 10 arrangements in each pattern. d. Graph one linear and one exponential pattern.
1. Four times a number plus one.
Rule: 4x + 1 Answers for chart: (1,5); ( 2,9); (3,13); (4,17); (5,21); (6,25); (7,29); (8,33); (9,37); (10,41)
2. A number squared minus one. Rule: x2 - 1 Answers for chart: (1,0); (2,3); (3,8); ( 4,15); (5,24); (6,35); (7,48); (8,63); (9,80); (10,99)
3. Two raised to the power of the figure number plus three. Rule: 2x + 3 Answers for chart: (1,5); (2, 7); (3,12); ( 4, 19);( 5,28); ( 6, 39);( 7, 52);( 8, 76); (9, 84); (10, 103)
4. A number plus five. Rule: x + 5 Answers for chart: ( 1, 6); (2, 7); (3,8); (4, 9); ( 5, 10); (6, 11); (7, 12); (8, 13); ( 9, 14); (10, 15)
5. Three times a number minus two
Rule: 3x -2 Answers for chart: (1, 1); ( 2, 4); ( 3, 7); ( 4, 10); (5, 13); (6,16); ( 7,19); (8,22); ( 9, 25); (10, 28)
Unit 6, Activity 3, Practice with Rules
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Name ______________________________ Date _______________ Hour ______________ Find the missing numbers in each sequence below. Write a rule that could represent the sequence. HINT: Make a table with the x values representing the arrangement numbers.
a) 3, 5, 9, 17, ______, ______, ______, ______ RULE:
b) 2, 5, 8, 11, ______, ______, ______, ______ RULE:
c) 3, 6, 11, 18, ______, ______, ______, ______ RULE:
d) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ______, ______, ______, ______ RULE:
e) ______, ______, ______, ______ , 18, 22, 26, 30, ______, ______, ______, ______ RULE:
Unit 6, Activity 3, Practice with Rules with Answers
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Find the missing numbers in each sequence below. Write a rule that could represent the sequence. HINT: Make a table with the x values representing the arrangement numbers.
a) 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 65, 129, 257 RULE: times 2 minus 1
b) 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23 RULE: add three to previous value
c) 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, 38, 51, 67 RULE: add the next odd number
d) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, RULE: add one to each number
e) 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46 RULE:
The numbers differ by 4. Subtract 4 to find numbers to the left of a given number. Add 4 to find numbers to the right of a given number.
Unit 6, Activity 4, Real Rules Car Mileage Chart
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http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/FEG2004_GasolineVehicles.pdf
Type of vehicle Trans type/ speed
Engine size
Mileage/ city/hwy
Annual fuel cost
Abbreviations/codes
Unit 6, Activity 4, Real Situations with Sequences
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Name ___________________________ Date _________________ Hour _____________
1. Sam’s dad drives an Acura NSX that can go 255 miles on a tank of gas. Suppose Sam’s dad’s car has a 15 gallon tank. Make a table to show how many miles he can travel on 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 gallons of gasoline. Write a rule and graph your results.
2. Julie’s dad drives a BMW Roadster, and he can travel 324 miles on a tank of gas. The table below shows the number of miles he can travel at given distances. Determine the size of his gasoline tank. Complete the chart, write a rule and graph your results.
3. Jeremy wanted to mail a letter that weighed 10 ounces. He looked up the charges for the US Post Office and found that they charged $0.37 for the first ounce and $0.23 for each additional ounce for first class mailings. Make a table, then write the rule that will help Jeremy find the amount he will have to pay. Plot a graph showing the cost for a letter weighing 1 ounce, 5 ounces, 10 ounces, and 15 ounces.
4. Susan wanted to go on a trip with her friend’s family over spring
break. Her parents told her she could if she worked to earn part of the money. Susan needs $500 to go on the trip and she already has $25.00. Her parents told her that they would double the amount she makes each week babysitting. If Susan makes $8.25/hour babysitting and works 4 hours the first week, 5 hours the second week, 3 hours the third week, 6 hours the fourth week, 5 hours the fifth week and 7 hours the sixth week, will she have enough money for the trip?
Week # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Amount $
Susan’s total
#gallons 5 8 11 14 18 # miles
traveled 90 144 198
Unit 6, Activity 4, Real Situations with Sequences
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5. The U. S. Post Office will not accept a letter that weighs more than 13 ounces using first
class rates given in problem #3. Any package or letter weighing more than 13 ounces will be charged priority mail rates. The rates for local zones are given below:
Weight in pounds
1 pound 2 pounds 3 pounds 4 pounds 5 pounds
Charge $3.85 3.95 4.75 5.30 5.85 Write a rule and make a graph of the charges per pound for priority mailing. Describe the relationship.
6. Find the slope or rate of change of each linear graph below.
7. The roof of an A-frame cabin slopes from the peak of the cabin down to the ground. It looks like the letter A when viewed from the front or the back. The equation y = -3x + 15 can model the relationship formed by one side of the roof. For a point (x,y) on the roof, x is the horizontal distance in feet from the center of the base of the house, and y is the height of the roof in feet. Make a table to represent different points along the roof and graph the equation. Find the slope or rate of change.
( - 1, 1)
( - 2, - 2)
(3, 1)
( - 2, - 4)
Model of one hal f of r oof of an A- frame house.
x
y
Unit 6, Activity 4, Real Situations with Sequences with Answers
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1. Sam’s dad drives an Acura NSX that can go 255 miles on a tank of gas. Suppose Sam’s
dad’s car has a 15 gallon tank. Make a table to show how many miles he can travel on 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 gallons of gasoline. Write a rule and graph your results.
Changed by 5 # gallons (x)
5 10 15 20 25
# miles (y) 85 170 255 340 425 Changed by 85 CONSTANT RATE OF CHANGE change in y value = Slope Slope = 85/5 change in x value 2. Julie’s dad drives a BMW Roadster, and he can travel 324 miles on a tank of gas. The table
below shows the number of miles he can travel at given distances. Determine the size of his gasoline tank. Complete the chart, write a rule and graph your results.
Number of gallons
5 8 11 14 18
Number of miles traveled
90 144 198 252 324
CONSTANT RATE OF CHANGE change in y value = Slope Slope = 54/3 change in x value 3. Jeremy wanted to mail a letter that weighed 10 ounces. He looked up the charges for the US
Post Office and found that they charged $0.37 for the first ounce and $0.23 for each additional ounce for first class mailings. Make a table then write the rule that will help Jeremy find the amount he will have to pay. Plot a graph showing the cost for a letter weighing 1 ounce, 5 ounces, 10 ounces, and 15 ounces
Expression .37 + .23(x -1) Notice The rate of change is not the same(for the x value) from 1 ounce to 5 ounces and 5 to 10, but it is constant from 5 to 10 and 15 to 20, therefore the( y value) is not constant from .37 to 1.29, but becomes constant from 1.29 to 2.44 and 3.59 to 4.74. 4. Susan wanted to go on a trip with her friend’s family over spring break. Her parents told
her she could if she worked to earn part of the money. Susan needs $500 to go on the trip and she already has $25.00. Her parents told her that they would double the amount she makes each week babysitting. If Susan makes $8.25/hour babysitting and works 4 hours the first week, 5 hours the second week, 3 hours the third week, 6 hours the fourth week, 5 hours the fifth week and 7 hours the sixth week, will she have enough money for the trip. Yes, she would have enough money.
5. Week # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Amount $ 25 66 82.50 49.50 99 82.50 115.50
Susan’s total 91 173.50 223.00 322 404.50 520
Ounces 1 5 10 15 20 Amt paid .37 1.29 2.44 3.59 4.74
Unit 6, Activity 4, Real Situations with Sequences with Answers
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5. The U. S. Post Office will not accept a letter that weighs more than 13 ounces using first
class rates given in problem #3. Any package or letter weighing more than 13 ounces will be charged priority mail rates. The rates for local zones are given below:
Weight in pounds
1 pound 2 pounds 3 pounds 4 pounds 5 pounds
Charge $3.85 3.95 4.75 5.30 5.85 Write a rule then make a graph of the charges per pound for priority mailing. Describe the relationship. Varying rate of change---pounds have a constant rate of change, but the change does not---3.85 to 3.95 is a change of .10, 3.95 to 4.75 is a change of .80, 4.75 to 5.30 is a change of .55 and 5.30 to 5.85 is a change of .55
6. Find the slope or rate of change of each linear graph below. Slope of 1 Slope of 1
7. The roof of an A-frame cabin slopes from the peak of the cabin down to the ground. It looks like the letter A when viewed from the front or the back. The equation y = -3x + 15 can model the relationship formed by one side of the roof. For a point (x,y) on the roof, x is the horizontal distance in feet from the center of the base
of the house, and y is the height of the roof in feet. Make a table to represent different points along the roof and graph the equation. Find the slope or rate of change.
The x value goes down 1 each time, the y value goes up 3. The slope is -3.
X Y 5 0
4 3 3 6 2 9 1 12
0 15
( - 1, 1)
( - 2, - 2)
(3, 1)
( - 2, - 4)
Model of one hal f of r oof of an A- frame house.
x
y
Unit 6, Activity 5, Name that Term
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Name _______________________________ Date ______________ Hour ______ 1. Dominique sketched the following dot pattern to represent the number of quarters he saved by the end of each week during the summer. Make a table to represent the weeks w and the number of quarters q.
a) Find the number of quarters Dominique will save during the 5th week.
b) Write a rule to represent Dominique’s savings plan. c) During which week will Dominique save 122 quarters? Explain. d) How much money will Dominique have at the end of 12 weeks if he does not spend any of his savings? Explain.
2. 68 is what term of the sequence given by –2, 3, 8, . . .? Explain.
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arrangement2
arrangement1
Unit 6, Activity 5, Name that Term with Answers
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1. Dominique sketched the following dot pattern to represent the number of quarters he saved by the end of each week during the summer. Make a table to represent the weeks w and the number of quarters q.
a) Find the number of quarters Dominique will save during the 5th week. He will save 26 quarters b) Write a rule to represent Dominique’s savings plan. The number of the week times itself plus one c) During which week will Dominique save 122 quarters? Explain. 11th week. 11 x 11 = 121 + 1 = 122 d) How much money will Dominique have at the end of 12 weeks if he does not spend any of his savings? Explain.
12 x 12 + 1 = 145 quarters. 145/4 = 36 ¼ or $36.25
2. 68 is what term of the sequence given by –2, 3, 8, . . .? Explain.
The sequence increases by 5 each time and the equation would be y = 5x – 7. Therefore if 68 = 5x – 7 then 75 = 5x and it would be the 15th term in the sequence.
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arrangement2
arrangement1
# quarters(week)
174
103
52
21
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Unit 6, Activity 7, Generally Speaking
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Name _________________________________ Date ________________ Hour ___________ Complete the following math grid using the sequences in column on the left.
Sequence Rule in words Equation Could ‘0’ be part of the sequence?
Arithmetic or Geometric
2, 4, 8, 16. . .
3, 7, 11, 15, . . .
400, 299, 198, . . .
1, 4, 7, 10 . . .
3, 9, 27, 81 . . .
Unit 6, Activity 7, Generally Speaking with Answers
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Sequence Rule in words Equation Could ‘0’ be part of the sequence?
Arithmetic or Geometric
2, 4, 8, 16. . . multiply previous term by 2 or powers of 2
xy = 2 ‘0’ term would work it would start the sequence with 1.
geometric
3, 7, 11, 15, . . . add four to previous term
y = 4(x -1)+3 or y= 4x-1
‘0’ would not work if the first term is 3 because 0 + 4 = 4.
arithmetic
400, 299, 198, . . . subtract 101 from the previous term
y = -101(x -1)+400or y = -101x + 501
‘0’ will not be a term in the sequence
arithmetic
1, 4, 7, 10 . . . triple the previous term and add 1
y = 3x + 1 ‘0’ would work in the sequence because 0(3) + 1 = 1
arithmetic
3, 9, 27, 81 . . . Three raised to the power of the term
y = 3x ‘0’ would work in the sequence because 30 = 1
geometric
Unit 6, Activity 8, Are You Sure?
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arrangement 3arrangement 2arrangement 1
8, 10, 12…
5, 9, 13…
2, 4, 8, 16. . .
4,7, 12, 19. . .
2, 5, 8, 11. . .
4, 10, 16, 22. . .
Arrangement Arrangement Arrangement #1 #2 #3
Unit 6, Activity 8, Are You Sure? Directions for Activity
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1) Find the value of the 7thand 10th terms in the sequence you were given.
2) Sketch a tile or dot pattern that represents your sequence.
3) Write a rule to represent the nth term in the sequence you
were given.
4) Make a graph of your sequence.
5) Write two questions from your sequence where the solution will be the ‘y’ value. Show your work on another sheet of paper with your correct answer.
6) Write two questions from your sequence where the solution
will be the ‘x’ value. Show your work on another sheet of paper with your correct answer.
Unit 7, Activity 1, Family Data
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Student initials Number of family members
Age of oldest child in family in
months
Number of pets Number of hours you watch
TV in a week
Unit 7, Activity 3, Graph Characteristic Word Grid
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Read each descriptor and determine which type of graph can be used to determine the information stated. Place a ‘Y’ for yes and ‘N’ for no in each cell.
Circle Graph
Line Plot
Box and Whisker Plot
Scatter Plot
Bar Graph
Stem and Leaf
Can easily determine percent of data occurrences
Can easily determine the most frequent occurrence
Can easily determine the median of the data
Can easily determine the mode of the data
Can compare relationships in data sets
Can easily determine where the top 25% of the data set falls
Can identify each data entry
Can be used to determine the ratios
Can determine the range of the data set
Can be used to make predictions of relationships in data
Can easily compare parts of a data set to the whole
Unit 7, Activity 4, Reaction
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Name ___________________________________ Date __________ Hour _________ Record the location where the meter or yard stick is caught after being dropped. Once three times have been recorded, predict your reaction mark for trial 4 and write your prediction on the chart. Take the 4th trial and record your reaction. Find the mean of your reaction marks for all 4 trials.
Student Name
Reaction 1 Reaction 2 Reaction 3 Prediction Reaction 4
Reaction 4
What information did you use make your prediction of what would happen in the 4th trial? Record this in your math learning log. Use the grid on the next page to make a histogram of the class data. Put all labels on your histogram so that it clearly represents the class data.
.
Unit 7, Activity 4, Reaction Time
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>80 cm
71-80 cm
61-70 cm
51-60 cm
41-50 cm
31-40 cm
21-30 cm
11-20 cm
0-10 cm
Reaction
Unit 7, Activity 5, High Cost of College
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Use the data in the chart below to make a circle graph that illustrates the cost of college for the year 2002-2003. Be sure to include tuition, books, rent, meals and personal expenses on your circle graph.
1) Use your protractor to draw the sections of your circle graph to the nearest degree measurement.
2) Find the percent of increase in each category and determine which category had the greatest percent of increase from 1994 -1995 cost to the 2002 – 2003 cost.
The table below gives detailed information on average costs for the 1994-1995 academic year compared to the 2002-2003 academic year. The cost of attending this school in 2002-2003 was almost twice as much as it was eight years earlier in the 1994-1995 academic year. Out-of-state students pay almost twice as much as state residents.
Unit 7, Activity 5, High Cost of College with Answers
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Use the data in the chart below to make a circle graph that illustrates the cost of college for the year 2002-2003. Be sure to include tuition, books, rent, meals and personal expenses on your circle graph.
1) Use your protractor to draw the sections of your circle graph to the nearest degree measurement.
2) Find the percent of increase in each category and determine which category had the greatest percent of increase from 1994 -1995 cost to the 2002 – 2003 cost.
High Cost of College
10%Personal Expenses
22%Meals
29%Room Rent
6%Books and Supplies
33%Tuition and Fees
The table below gives detailed information on average costs for the 1994-1995 academic year compared to the 2002-2003 academic year. The cost of attending this school in 2002-2003 was almost twice as much as it was eight years earlier in the 1994-1995 academic year. Out-of-state students pay almost twice as much as state residents.
190.3% increase 40% increase 127.3% increase 32% increase 15% increase
Unit 7, Activity 6, Test Score Data
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Name ____________________________ Date ___________________ Hour _________
1) Make a stem-and-leaf plot of the data at the right. 2) Which measure(s) of central tendency is/are easily determined
using a stem-and-leaf plot? Explain.
Student Number
Score
1 77 2 65 3 88 4 98 5 78 6 86 7 88 8 93 9 91
10 88 11 83 12 81 13 74 14 62 15 86 16 67 17 81 18 85 19 95 20 99
Unit 7, Activity 6, Test Score Data with Answers
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1) Make a stem-and-leaf
plot of the data at the right.
2) Which measure(s) of central tendency is/are easily determined
using a stem-and-leaf plot? Explain.
Mode is easily determined by the repeating digits in the leaves column. The median can be determined by counting the leaves and dividing by two and then finding the middle value.
Student Number
Score
1 77 2 65 3 88 4 98 5 78 6 86 7 88 8 93 9 91
10 88 11 83 12 81 13 74 14 62 15 86 16 67 17 81 18 85 19 95 20 99
leavesstem
9/1 represents a score of 91
1, 3, 5, 8, 9
1, 1, 3, 5, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8
4, 7, 8
2, 5, 7
9
8
7
6
Unit 7, Activity 7, Reading Box and Whiskers Plots
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Name ________________________________ Date ____________________ Hour ________ 1. The plot below shows the number of questions that were correctly answered on a 30 question
social studies test. Explain what you know about the results of the test from the box-and-whiskers plot.
2. The plot below shows the results of try-outs for the marathon swim team. The participants
had to swim laps of the pool until they were tired. Explain the results shown in the plot.
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Unit 7, Activity 7, Reading Box and Whiskers Plots
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The following list of test scores represents the scores of the class on a recent quiz. Make a box-and-whiskers plot that represents the data set.
100, 70, 70, 90, 50, 90, 50, 90, 100, 50, 90, 100, 90, 50, 25, 80
4. Make two mathematical statements about the box-and-whiskers plot you drew in #3. 5. Add one or more data entries to the set of data in #3 so that the median and the lower quartile
increase. Explain your thinking.
Unit 7, Activity 7, Reading Box and Whiskers Plots with Answers
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1. The plot at the right shows the number of questions that were correctly answered on a 40 question social studies test. Explain what you know about the results of the test from the box-and-whiskers plot.
The box-and-whiskers plot shows that the minimum number of questions missed was 0 because at least one person got 40 correct. 50% of the class missed between 6 and 18 questions on the test, and the median was 21 questions missed. The 25% that scored high were closer scores than the 25% that scored in the lower quartile.
2. The plot at the left shows the results of try-outs for the marathon swim team. The participants had to swim laps of the pool until they were too tired. Explain the results shown in the plot.
The results show that 50% of the people got tired after 17 laps. The median was 17 laps, and there must have been a large gap between the people that swam between 19 and 25 laps, because the upper quartile shows a range of 8 laps. The least number of laps anyone swam was 10 laps.
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Unit 7, Activity 7, Reading Box and Whiskers Plots with Answers
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3. The following list of test scores represents the scores of the class on a recent quiz. Make a box-and-whiskers plot that represents the data set.
100, 70, 70, 90, 50, 90, 50, 90, 100, 50, 90, 100, 90, 50, 25, 80
4. Make two mathematical statements about the box-and-whiskers plot you drew in #3.
Answers will vary but should contain information about the 5 data points and the percent of data within the quartiles.
5. Add one or more data entries to the set of data in #3 so that the median and the lower
quartile increase. Explain your thinking.
Two 100 scores would make the median increase but the lower quartile would remain the same. When four 100 scores are added, the median increases to 90 and the lower quartile increases to 60
1009080706050403020
Unit 7, Activity 9, Which Display is Appropriate?
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Name _________________________________ Date ________________ Hour __________ Choose an appropriate graph type for each of the situations below. Explain your choice.
1. Susie wants to display the amount of money spent each month on snacks. She wants her display to be used to find the median and the range of money spent on snacks. Which type of data display will be appropriate? Explain.
2. Mrs. Smith wants the students to show the test scores for the class, arranged in intervals. Which type of data display will be appropriate? Explain.
3. Jerrika wants to show that the heights of students in her class are related to their shoe size. Which type of data display will be appropriate? Explain.
4. Coach wants to display the number of 2-point shots scored by individual members of the basketball team as compared to the whole team through the first half of the season. Which type of data display will be appropriate? Explain.
4,5,621 2,2,4
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xxx
x
x
x
Unit 7, Activity 9, Which Display is Appropriate with Answers
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Name _________________________________ Date ________________ Hour __________ Choose an appropriate graph type for each of the situations below. Explain your choice.
1. Susie wants to display the amount of money spent each month on snacks. She wants her display to be used to find the median and the range of money spent on snacks. Which type of data display will be appropriate? Explain.
She can use a stem and leaf plot, a line plot, or a box-and-whiskers plot . The box and whiskers will easily show the median and range because they are data points. The line plot and the stem and leaf both show individual data values chronologically and can be used to find the mean and range.
2. Mrs. Smith wants the students to show the test scores for the class, arranged in intervals.
Which type of data display will be appropriate? Explain.
The plot that shows intervals is the histogram.
3. Jerrika wants to show that the heights of students in her class are related to their shoe size. Which type of data display will be appropriate? Explain.
A scatterplot compares two variables and would be best.
4. Coach wants to display the number of 2-point shots scored by individual members of the
basketball team as compared to the whole team through the first half of the season. Which type of data display will be appropriate? Explain.
A circle graph would compare the parts to the whole with percentages of the whole.
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x
xxx
x
x
x
Unit 7, Activity 10, Match the Data and Situation - Set A
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Cut the cards apart for activity 6 1 2
3 4
5 6
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Unit 7, Activity 10, Match the Data and Situation- Set B
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A B
C D
E F
I had just left home for school when I realized that I had left my books. I returned home to get them and hurried off to school.
I started out calmly but I sped up when I realized I was going to be late.
I left home walking at a steady pace, and then I sped up before stopping to rest. I started walking again before I looked at my watch and realized I had better get home soon.
I began to run water for my dog’s bath when I realized the water was a little too warm. I let the water cool off briefly before putting the dog into the water and bathing him. The dog got out of the tub, and I let the water out.
Unit 7, Activity 11, Situations to Graphs
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Situations 1 – 6 for one group (remind them not to use numbers on their graphs because they will want another group to match the graph and situation)
1. She walked slowly for 3 seconds. Then she stood still for 4 seconds. Suddenly, during the last 3 seconds, she went quite fast.
2. She ran fast for 3 seconds, then slowly for 4 seconds. I took her 5 seconds to return to her starting point.
3. He waited for 4 seconds before starting to walk slowly. He walked for a few seconds and then stopped.
4. She left home running really fast. She went at that rate for 3 seconds, but then she realized that she had forgotten her book. She stopped for a couple of seconds to decide what to do. Then she decided that it would be too late anyway, so she went back home slowly.
5. From his house to the corner store is 10 meters. He ran to the store, spent 1 second looking at the CLOSED sign, and walked slowly back to his house.
6. She decided to cross the park walking slowly at first but going faster and faster each step. It took her 5 seconds to get to the other side.
Situations 7 - 12 for one group (remind them not to use numbers on their graphs because they will want another group to match the graph and situation)
7. He was going home, not in a rush. As he stepped into the street, he realized that a car was coming. He waited for the car, then ran across the street. As soon as he got to the other side of the street, he walked slowly again.
8. At first the old man walked very slowly, as if he were tired. Suddenly, when he was next to us, he started to run amazingly fast. After a few seconds he stopped and walked back to say, “I surprised you, didn’t I?”
9. The dog ran off to catch the stick that his owner had thrown. As the dog grabbed the stick, he saw a rabbit. The dog held very still for a moment. Then, instead of running back to his owner, he crept very slowly toward the rabbit. When the dog was close to the rabbit, he jumped forward at great speed.
10. First she went fast, at a steady pace. Then, at around 5 meters, she started to slow down. She went slower and slower until she stopped. She stood still for 4 seconds. Finally she walked slowly and steadily for a while.
11. Trying not to wake anyone up, she walked very slowly with small steps. Once she got to the door, she began to run faster and faster. After 3 seconds of running, she stopped and sat down.
12. Imagine someone walking back and forth two times between the chalkboard and her desk. She always walks quickly toward the board and slowly toward the desk. At the end, she stands for 3 seconds.
Unit 7, Activity 11, Graphing Situations Opinionnaire
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What are Your Opinions About Graphs Representing Situations? Directions: After each statement, write SA (strongly agree), A (agree), D (disagree), or SD (strongly disagree). Then in the space provided, briefly explain the reasons for your opinions.
1. The scale used on graphs can make the representation appear to show very different interpretations of data. Your reasons:
2. A data set can be used to show the median best would be the box-and-whiskers plot. Your reasons:
3. There is not a graph that easily shows the mode of data. Your reasons:
Unit 7, Activity 12, Data Extremes
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Name _______________________________________ Date _____________ Hour _________ Solve the following.
1. Samantha can watch only 50 hours of television every fourteen days. On school nights she can watch television for no more than 3 hours. Make a table showing possible numbers of hours that Samantha watches television each night. Use at least 4 different lengths of time she watches television each day in your table.
a. What are the mean, median and mode of the length of time Samantha watches television in 14 days?
b. Will the mean, median and/or mode be the same no matter what the list of hours as long as the total is 50 hours? Explain your answer.
2. The set of numbers below represents the number of pets that each student in Mr. Daily’s homeroom has at home.
7, 7, 3, 0, 8, 4, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 7, 0, 7, 4, 1, 0, 2, 4, 2, 3 a. Add one number to the data that will increase the mean so that it is greater than the
median of the data for Mr. Daily’s class. Explain how you know your choice satisfies the requirements.
b. Which of these measures of central tendency would best represent the number of pets that the students have in Mr. Daily’s class? Explain why.
3. Grace counted the number of blooms on each of the rose bushes in her grandmother’s
garden. The number of blooms on each of the bushes are listed below. 10, 15, 11, 14, 12, 10, 15, 11, 12, 13, 14
a. When Grace showed her grandmother the mean average of the number of blooms was about 12 ½ blooms, her grandmother said that it could not be true because she had determined the mean average number of blooms to be 20 blooms. She asked Grace if she had checked the one bush on the back side of the garage. Find the number of blooms that the one remaining rose bush must have had if grandmother were correct.
Unit 7, Activity 12, Data Extremes with Answers
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Solve the following.
1. Samantha can watch only 50 hours of television every fourteen days. On school nights she can watch television for no more than 3 hours. Make a list showing possible numbers of hours that Samantha watches television each night. Use at least 4 different lengths of time she watches television each day in your table.
One possible solution: 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 6, 6, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 6
a. What are the mean, median and mode of the length of time Samantha watches television in 14 days? Mean ≈ 3.57; median = 3; mode =3
b. Will the mean, median and/or mode be the same no matter what the list of hours as long as the total is 50 hours? Explain your answer. The mean will stay the same, but the median and mode can be different.
2. The set of numbers below represents the number of pets that each student in Mr. Daily’s homeroom has at home.
7, 7, 3, 0, 8, 4, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 7, 0, 7, 4, 1, 0, 2, 4, 2, 3 a. Add one number to the data that will increase the mean so that it is at least 2 more
than the median of the data for Mr. Daily’s class. Explain how you know your choice satisfies the requirements. One solution: If 45 is added to the list, the mean is 5 and the median is 3.
b. Which measure of central tendency would best represent the number of pets that the students have in Mr. Daily’s class? Explain why. Answers will vary, student must justify his/her choice correctly.
4. Grace counted the number of blooms on each of the rose bushes in her grandmother’s garden. The number of blooms on each of the bushes are listed below.
10, 15, 11, 14, 12, 10, 15, 11, 12, 13, 14
a. When Grace showed her grandmother the mean average of the number of blooms was about 12 ½ blooms, her grandmother said that it could not be true because she had determined the mean average number of blooms to be 20 blooms. She asked Grace if she had checked the one bush on the back side of the garage. Find the number of blooms that the one remaining rose bush must have had if grandmother were correct. If grandmother is correct, there must be about 103 blooms on the one bush behind the garage.
Unit 8, Activity 1, Random or Biased Sampling Opinionnaire
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Name _____________________________________________ Hour __________ Directions: Read each statement below and indicate whether you agree (A) or disagree (D). Write your reason for your opinion. __________________ A survey as to which of two playoff teams will win the championship can never be a random sample. Your reason: __________________ A survey as to which movie the 8th grade students at your school would rather watch could be a random sample if the 8th grade students in your homeroom were allowed to vote. Your reason: __________________ A survey as to which lunch menu is the favorite of the middle school students can be random if every 10th student to enter the school on Monday morning is surveyed. Your reason: __________________ A survey as to which type of music is the favorite of students at your school can be random if the student council is surveyed. Your reason: __________________ A survey as to which type of fund raiser the 8th grade class wants to have could be random if the PTO discussed and voted at the PTO meeting. Your reason:
Unit 8, Activity 1, Random or Biased Sampling
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Directions: Determine whether statements 1 – 5 represent a method of gathering data from a survey in a manner that is random or biased. Justify why you think the method is random or biased.
1. To determine which school lunches students like most, every 20th student to walk into the
cafeteria is surveyed.
Why?
2. To determine what sports teenagers like, the student athletes on the girls’ field hockey team are surveyed.
Why?
3. To evaluate the quality of their product, a manufacturer of cell phones pulls every 50th phone off the assembly line to check for defects.
Why?
4. To determine whether the students will attend a spring music concert at the school, Rico
surveys her friends in the chorus.
Why?
5. To determine the most popular television stars, a magazine asks its readers to complete a
questionnaire and send it back to the magazine.
Why? Directions: Answer the following questions.
6. Brett wants to conduct a survey about who stays for after-school activities at his school. Who should he ask? Explain how you know that your choice is unbiased.
7. Suppose you are writing an article for the school newspaper about some proposed changes to the cafeteria. Describe an unbiased way to conduct a survey of students.
Unit 8, Activity 1, Random or Biased Sampling with Answers
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Directions: Determine whether statements 1 – 5 represent a method of gathering data from a survey in a manner that is random or biased. Justify why you think the method is random or biased.
The answers given are possible answers, students may justify answer correctly looking differently at the sample. 1. To determine which school lunches students like most, every 20th student to walk into the
cafeteria is surveyed. random Why?
2. To determine what sports teenagers like, the student athletes on the girls’ field hockey team
are surveyed. biased
Why? 3. To evaluate the quality of their product, a manufacturer of cell phones pulls every 50th phone
off the assembly line to check for defects. random Why?
4. To determine whether the students will attend a spring music concert at the school, Rico
surveys her friends in the chorus. biased
Why?
5. To determine the most popular television stars, a magazine asks its readers to complete a
questionnaire and send it back to the magazine. biased
Why? Directions: Answer the following questions. 6. Brett wants to conduct a survey about who stays for after-school activities at his school.
Who should he ask? Explain how you know that your choice is unbiased. Student responses will vary 7. Suppose you are writing an article for the school newspaper about some proposed changes to
the cafeteria. Describe an unbiased way to conduct a survey of students. Student responses will vary
Unit 8, Activity 2, How Many Ways?
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Name __________________________________ Hour ___________ Directions: Think back to the lesson on permutations and answer each of the following. You can prove your answer with a tree diagram, a chart, or by counting. A. The flag of Mexico is shown at the right. How many ways could the Mexican government have chosen to arrange the three colors (green, white, and red) on the flag? Prove your answer. B. A security system has a pad with 9 digits. How many four-number “passwords” are available if no digit is repeated? C. Of the 10 games at the theater’s arcade, Tyrone plans to play 3 different games. In how many orders can he play 3 games? D. Jack wants to play all 10 games at the theater arcade. In how many orders can he play all 10 games?
Unit 8, Activity 2, How Many Ways? with Answers
Blackline Masters, Mathematics, Grade 8 Page 175 Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, Revised 2008
Directions. Think back to the lesson on permutations and answer each of the following. You can prove your answer with a tree diagram, a chart, or by counting. A. The flag of Mexico is shown at the right. How many ways could the Mexican government have chosen to arrange the three colors (green, white, and red) on the flag? Prove your answer.
3x 2 x 1= 6 ways B. A security system has a pad with 9 digits. How many four-number “passwords” is available if no digit is repeated? There are 9 possible 1st digits, 8 possible 2nd digits, 7 possible 3rd, and 6 possible 4th 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 = 3,024 passwords C. Of the 10 games at the theater’s arcade, Tyrone plans to play 3 different games. In how many orders can he play 3 games? 10 possible 1st, 9 possible 2nd, and 8 possible 3rd 10 x 9 x 8 = 720 orders D. Jack wants to play all 10 games at the theater arcade. In how many orders can he play all 10 games? 10! or 3,628,800 ways
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Unit 8, Activity 3, Which is it?
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Name ____________________________________ Hour _____________
Directions: Determine whether each of the following situations is a permutation or combination. Explain your decision on at least 5 of the situations.
1. Choosing the arrangement of 6 glass animals on a shelf.
2. Choosing 3 Chinese dishes from a menu.
3. Choosing 5 friends to invite to a birthday party.
4. Choosing a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary from the members of the student council.
5. Choosing 2 colors of paint from a paint chart to blend together for the walls in your room.
6. Choosing the order in which to watch 3 videotapes you rented from the video store.
Directions: Determine whether each of the following is a permutation or combination. Solve the problem. You may use calculators.
7. How many ways can a coach choose the 6 starting players from a volleyball team of 13 players?
8. How many three-card hands can be dealt from a deck of 52 cards?
9. You have 7 clean shirts in a laundry basket. How many ways can you fold 4 shirts and stack them in a drawer?
Unit 8, Activity 4, Who Stole the Cookies?
Blackline Masters, Mathematics, Grade 8 Page 177 Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, Revised 2008
Directions: Determine whether each of the following situations is a permutation or combination. Explain your decision on at least 5 of the situations.
1. Choosing the arrangement of 6 glass animals on a shelf.
permutation
2. Choosing 3 Chinese dishes from a menu. combination
3. Choosing 5 friends to invite to a birthday party.
combination
4. Choosing a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary from the members of the student council. permutation
5. Choosing 2 colors of paint from a paint chart to blend together for the walls in your room.
combination
6. Choosing the order in which to watch 3 videotapes you rented from the video store. permutation
Directions: Determine whether each of the following is a permutation or combination. Solve the problem. You may use calculators.
7. How many ways can a coach choose the 6 starting players from a volleyball team of 13 players?
Combination (1716 ways)
8. How many three-card hands can be dealt from a deck of 52 cards? Combination (22,100 – 3 card hands)
9. You have 7 clean shirts in a laundry basket. How many ways can you fold 4 shirts and stack them in a drawer? Permutation (840 ways) 7⋅ 6⋅5⋅4 = 840
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Unit 8, Activity 4, Who Stole the Cookies?
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Name ___________________________________________ Hour ________________ Jackie worked at a restaurant in the evening. She had a locker in the back where she put all of her personal belongings. One night she bought a big box of cookies to take to her grandmother the next day. She put this box of cookies in her locker so that she could take it home after work. When she went back to the locker at 10:00 P.M. after work, the cookies were gone! One of her friends saw a stranger at the lockers about 9:30 P.M. Jackie and her friend talked to the store manager and they were given a list of possible characteristics to help in identification. The list of characteristics looked like the one below. Work with your partner and determine how many different descriptions were possible for the cookie thief. Put your findings on a sheet of newsprint to share with the class. Make sure your descriptions are organized in a list, chart or diagram and that you can justify the total.
Hair Eyes Height curly dark and sad short straight small and beady tall bald droopy average wide open and excited
Unit 8, Activity 7, Dependent Events
Blackline Masters, Mathematics, Grade 8 Page 179 Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, Revised 2008
Name _____________________________________ Hour _________________ Directions: Using the two spinners that you have made, one with three numbers and the other with the names of four coins written in the spaces, complete the following questions.
1. Determine the theoretical probability of spinning less than fifty cents. Show your thinking.
2. Determine the theoretical probability of spinning more than fifty cents. Show your thinking.
3. Determine the theoretical probability of spinning exactly fifty cents. Show your thinking.
4. Use your two spinners and complete the experimental probability chart below. Spin # # of
coins Coin value
Total Value of spin
>, < or = to $0.50
Spin # # of coins
Coin value
Total Value of spin
>, < or = to $0.50
1 9 2 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 15 8 16 5. Compare your experimental and theoretical results. Write a summary statement about
how these results compare. 6. Compare your summary statement with that of another group. How are they different? 7. What do you think would happen to the experimental probability results if we gathered
the results from all of the groups? Write your prediction below.
Unit 8, Activity 7, Dependent Events with Answers
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Name _____________________________________ Hour _________________ Directions: Using the two spinners that you have made, one with three numbers and the other with the names of four coins written in the spaces, complete the following questions. 1. Determine the theoretical probability of spinning less than fifty cents. Show your thinking..
The theoretical probability of spinning less than fifty cents if the suggested numbers are used
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2. Determine the theoretical probability of spinning more than fifty cents. Show your thinking. The theoretical probability of spinning more than fifty cents if the suggested numbers are
used is %2541
123 or=
3. Determine the theoretical probability of spinning exactly fifty cents. Show your thinking. The theoretical probability of spinning exactly fifty cents if the suggested numbers are
used is %2541
123 or=
Use your two spinners and complete the experimental probability chart below.
Spin # # of coins
Coin value
Total Value of spin
>, < or = to $0.50
Spin # # of coins
Coin value
Total Value of spin
>, < or = to $0.50
1 9 2 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 15 8 16
4. Compare your experimental and theoretical results. Write a summary statement about how these results compare.
5. Compare your summary statement with that of another group. How is it different?
6. What do you think would happen to the experimental probability results if we gathered the results from all of the groups? Write your prediction below.
Unit 8, Activity 9, Who Did It?
Blackline Masters, Mathematics, Grade 8 Page 181 Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, Revised 2008
Name ___________________________________________ Hour_________ Devise a plan to sample contents of the bags without replacement in order to make the best prediction based on experimental probability without looking at the contents of the bags. When samples are examined without replacement, the sample size is constantly changing. Suppose a red tile is selected from Bag A on the first selection, a red tile from Bag B on the first selection, a green tile from Bag 3 on the first selection and a red tile from Bag 4 on the first selection. Based on the information collected so far, can a good prediction be made as to the matching bags? 1. Students record their results in the chart below by placing the color drawn from each bag and
make a prediction after the 6th selection from each bag, justifying which bag would be identical to Bag A.
2. Are six trials or draws enough to give enough information to make a valid prediction? Why
or why not? 3. Do all four bags have to be completely empty to make a valid prediction? Explain your
thinking and results. Number of
Trails Bag A Bag B Bag C Bag D
1 2 3 4 5 6
With Replacement – Activity 10 chart. When results are gathered with replacement, the sample size remains the same. You will remove a tile, and replace that tile in the same bag.
Activity 10 questions
4. Were your predictions the same when you collected data with replacement? Why or why not?
5. Do you think you could ever get a certain prediction with replacement of the sample? Why?
Unit 8, Activity 9, Who Did It? with Answers
Blackline Masters, Mathematics, Grade 8 Page 182 Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, Revised 2008
Devise a plan to sample contents of the bags without replacement in order to make the best prediction based on experimental probability without looking at the contents of the bags. When samples are examined without replacement, the sample size is constantly changing. Suppose a red tile is selected from Bag A on the first selection, a red tile from Bag B on the first selection, a green tile from Bag 3 on the first selection and a red tile from Bag 4 on the first selection. Based on the information collected so far, can a good prediction be made as to the matching bags? 1. Students record their results in the chart below by placing the color drawn from each bag and
make a prediction after the 6th selection from each bag, justifying which bag would be identical to Bag A.
2. Are six trials or draws enough to give enough information to make a valid prediction? Why or why not? there are only ten tiles and six of the ten out of the bag will not be enough unless you know what was in the bag to begin with.
3. Do all four bags have to be completely empty to make a valid prediction? Explain your
thinking and results. For your prediction to be 100% valid, yes
Number of Trails
Bag A Bag B Bag C Bag D
1 2 3 4 5 6
With Replacement – Activity 10 chart. When results are gathered with replacement, the sample size remains the same. You will remove a tile, and replace that tile in the same bag.
Activity 10 questions
4. Were your predictions the same when you collected data with replacement? Why or why not? No. If percent predictions were used all were out of 10, if fractions, the denominator stayed the same with replacement sampling.
5. Do you think you could ever get a certain prediction with replacement of the sample?
Why? Answers will vary. Students should understand that unless we actually take them out of the bag and look at all of them, we can not make a certain prediction.