WARM UP: EQUATIONS 3.
Justin has five more pencils than
highlighters. If he counts both pencils and
1. 3x3 + 10 = 34 x=? highlighters, he has a total of thirteen writing
instruments. How many pencils does he
3x3 + 10 = 34 have?
3x3 = 24
x3 = 8 Variables: pencils = p, highlighters = h
x=2
Equations: p = h + 5, p + h = 13
2. 2z – 5y = 3 y = z – 3 z=? y=?
Combine and Solve:
2z – 5(z – 3) = 3
(h + 5) + h = 13
2z – 5z + 15 = 3
2h + 5 = 13
-3z = -12
2h = 8
z=4
h=4
y = (4) – 3
p = (4) + 5
y=1
p=9
2 4 18 60
4. (9) + (15) = + = 6 + 12 = 18
3 5 3 5
FDP DRILL #1
3 5 6 3 + 5 + 6 14
1. + + = = =2 5. 0.6 × 120 = 72
7 7 7 7 7
6. 15 ÷ 0.05 = 300
3 1 1 3 3 2 3 5 15 5
2. + = + = = =
4 2 3 4 6 6 4 6 24 8 7. 0.001 × 0.0003 = 0.0000003
1 1 1 8. 1/10 of 25% of 200 = 5
3. 6 = 6 = 6 = 1×3 = 3 = 1
2 − 23 6 − 2 4
3
6 4 24 8
3 3
FDP DRILL #2
1. 25% of the students at a high school attended the pep rally. If there are 600 students
total, how many students did not attend the pep rally?
Variables: total students = t
Solve: If 25% of the students attended the pep rally, then 75% of the students did not attend. 75%
of 600 = 0.75 × 600 = 450
2. After taxes, Sally keeps 4/5 of her gross pay. If her monthly taxes are $1,400, what is
her monthly gross pay?
Variables: gross pay = g
Solve: If she keeps 4/5 of her gross pay, that means that taxes represent 1/5 of her gross pay.
1,400 = (1/5)g
7,000 = g
3. Two jars that are both half full of liquid are poured into an empty bucket. If the bucket
has three times the capacity of each jar, what portion of the bucket is now full?
Solve: Pick numbers to solve this problem. Let the capacity of the jars be 2 and the capacity of the
bucket be 6.
If the jars are half full, then they each have 1 unit of liquid. If each is poured into the bucket, the
bucket will have 2 units of liquid. That means the bucket is 2/6 = 1/3 full of liquid.
liquid
4. As a salesperson, Phyllis can choose one of two methods of annual payment: either an
annual salary of $35,000 with no commission or an annual salary of $10,000 plus a 20
percent commission on her total annual sales. What must her total annual sales be to give
her the same annual pay with either method?
Variables: total annual sales = s
Solve: For the pay to eb the same, we need to set the two amounts equal to each other. We can
represent the amount made with commission as 10,000 + 0.2s
35,000 = 10,000 + 0.2s
25,000 = 0.2s
125,000 = s
GEOMETRY DRILL
1.
Diameter Radius Area Circumference
Circle 1 12 6 36π 12π
Circle 2 10 5 25π 10π
Circle 3 8 4 16π 8π
Circle 4 20 10 100π 20π
2. First, solve for the radius of the circle.
πr2 = 16 π
r2 = 16
r=4
Now solve for the circumference:
2 πr = 2π(4) = 8π
Arc AB represents 1/8 of the circumference. Therefore, the length of arc AB = (1/8) 8π = π
3. First, solve for the area of the poster. The poster is a square with sides 2 feet long.
s2 = (2)2 = 4
That means the area of the circle has to be half that, or 2. Set the area of the circle equal to 2.
πr2 = 2
2
r2 =
π
2
r=
π
4. Let length = l and width = w
Use the perimeter and area to set up two equations:
lw = 48 2l + 2w = 28
Now isolate one of the variables in the second equation and substitute into the first.
2l + 2w = 28
2l = 28 – 2w
l = 14 – w
(14 – w)w = 48
14w – w2 = 48
w2 – 14w + 48 = 0
(w – 6)(w – 8) = 0
This means that the width is either 6 or 8. It is irrelevant which. If the width is 6, the length is 8. If
the width is 8, the length is 6. Either way, we have a rectangle with dimensions 6 × 8.
The diagonal of the rectangle can be thought of as the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 6 and
8. Let the diagonal = d. Therefore:
62 + 82 = d2
36 + 64 = d2
100 = d2
10 = d
