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Directions:
Read all the information below. After you have answered all the
questions click Score Me at the bottom of the
page. When you see your score raise your hand
and a teacher will record your score. After you give your score
to the teacher scroll to the bottom and read about the word problem
you have to create.
There are many ways to solve a math problem. One way that often
works best is to think of the problem as a mystery to be solved.
As you read the problem be thinking about possible clues you might
find. As you find clues, make notes of them. This often helps.
This is called a strategy. There are many strategies
you can use to solve a problem. Another good strategy is to draw
a picture. Pictures often help you to understand a problem.
Graphs and tables are other
strategies that might help you to solve a math problem. One strategy
you might already use is guess and check. This
is when you make a guess as to what the answer might be and then
check to see if it is correct. If it isn't you make another guess
using any clues you might have found from your first guess and
check. While you work the following problems you might want to
use some of these strategies.
 1). Larry has won American Idol and has just
released his first CD. He wants to buy a CD for every one of his
friends and family. There are a total of 22 people he wants to
get the CD for. If his CD sells for $13.99, but he can buy as
many as he wants at a discounted rate of $3 off this price, how
much would it cost him to buy a CD for every one of his friends
and family?
$241.78.
$242.87.
$307.78.
$307.87.
2). Jasmine has been hired by Fubu to design
a new line of clothes. For her first assignment she needs to design
a new running suit. It will cost $5.79 a yard for the fabric she
needs to create the running suit. She needs to make two different
suits, one small and one large. The large one needs about 3 yards
of fabric and the small about 2 yards. To make she has enough
fabric how much will she need to spend to make both suits? Hint: The fabric
is only sold by the yard.
$34.74.
$28.95.
$31.85 .
$23.54.
3). In 1903, a typical car traveled at 12 miles
per hour. Tyric has sports car that can go 150 miles an hour.
If he drives for 12 hours at 150 miles an hour, how far would
he have traveled further than someone who traveled 12 hours at
12 mph?
1565 miles.
1665 miles.
1756 miles.
1656 miles.
4). You and a friend decide to recruit people
from your community to start a basketball league. You ask 32 people
and get 8 to join. Your friend asks 18 people and gets 6 people
to join. Which of you has done a better job of recruiting? Hint:
Write down each fraction, simplify each fraction, and then determine which is greatest.
I did a better job of recruiting.
My friend did a better job than I did.
5). 850 people visited a footlocker at SouthPoint
Mall in one week. 300 people visited the store each day of the
weekend. How many visited the store Monday through Friday?
450.
250.
350.
300.
6). The record distances that Saythen and Preston
can slam a basket from totals 18 feet. If Preston can slam from
4 feet farther than Saythen, what is Preston's record distance?
7 feet.
6 feet.
14 feet.
11 feet.
7). Kenneth gave away 10 of his Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
He gave 2 more cards to Deja than he did to Kadeesha. How many
Yu-Gi-Oh cards did he give to Deja?
2.
6.
3.
4.
8). You want to buy a pair of Jordans, but don't
have any cash. The pair you want is going to run you $125.00.
You manage to convince the local Subway store to hire you for
$5.25 an hour. How many hours will you have to work in order to
be able to afford the pair of Jordans you want to buy?
21 hours.
22 hours.
23 hours.
24 hours.
9). After buying some Jordan's you realize you
need some new digs to match your shoes. Footlocker has a stylin'
running suit that matches the shoes perfectly. The getup is going
to cost you $225.00. You immediately start saving for the running
suit with the money you make from working at Subway. After you
work for 11 hours at the rate of $5.25 an hour your boss gives
you a raise to $6.00 an hour because you are such a good worker.
What are the total number of hours you will have to work to earn
enough money to purchase the running suit?
11 hours.
28 hours.
39 hours.
40 hours.
10). Now that you have the shoes and the digs
you get yourself a date. However, you have already spent all your
cash. Your date is broke and you are going to have to pay their
way. You know it is going to cost you at least $45 for dinner,
$16 for two movie tickets, and $6 for some post-movie ice cream.
How many hours will you have to work at the rate of $6 an hour
such that you will be able to afford to pay for you and your date?
12 hours.
14 hours.
10 hours.
11 hours.
Now that you have some idea what makes a good word problem, it is your turn. Create your own word problem
using MS Word or PowerPoint. Use pictures if you like and don't make it too easy. When you have your Word problem finished, see
if anyone can solve it. Ask some of the adults in the room as well as some of your neighboring students. |
