Wednesday, December 2, 2009

How old am I?

Mr Ciolek's age now is half of his mom's age.

Five years from now the sum of their ages will be 100.

How old are Mr Ciolek and his mom?

1) Identify and label what your variables represent.
2) Create 2 equations.
3) Then solve using substitution.
4) Check your answers
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11 comments:

  1. Tom CiolekDecember 3, 2009 at 7:52 AM

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  2. ashleyDecember 3, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    Basketball Game
    Selene and Maria spend $50 at the basketball game against ACMS. They bought 8 Monsters and 12 Twix. The Monster is $3 more than the Twix. How much is it for the Monster?

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  3. maria l.December 3, 2009 at 7:56 AM

    Flip and Alfonso's Story

    Flip's age now is 5 times Alfonso's age.

    In 4 years, the sum of their ages will be 20.

    Find their ages now.

    x=flip
    y=alfonso

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  4. maria bustosDecember 3, 2009 at 7:56 AM

    To The Beach
    Maria and Diana go to the beach and spend 12.50 on three snickers bars and four bags of hot cheetos. If a snickers bar costs $.50 less than a bag of hot cheetos, how much is the snickers bar?
    X=snickers bar
    Y=hot cheetos

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  5. UnknownDecember 3, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    the manager of a movie theater wants to know the number of adults and children who went to go see Toy Story #3. The theater charges $12 fo adult tickets and $9 for a child ticket.at a showing 420 tickets were sold and the theater collected $4413. How many adult and children tickets were sold?

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  6. UnknownDecember 3, 2009 at 8:02 AM

    the sum of boys and girls 23.the sum of the boys number twice the girls number is 34.find the number of boys girls?

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  7. UnknownDecember 3, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    Father Fred is seven times older than his son Manny. In ten years the sum of their ages will be 124 years old. How old are they?

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  8. UnknownDecember 3, 2009 at 8:06 AM

    The small popcorn is $2 more than a small slushy. I go to the theater and spend $20 on 3 small popcorn bagsand 3 slushys. How much is a sluchy?

    x=$ small popcorn
    y= small sluchy

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  9. UnknownDecember 3, 2009 at 8:08 AM

    Books & Soccerballs
    I buy 2 books and 1 soccer ball for $10. If a soccer ball is 2 times as much as a book then how much is a book?
    x=$soccer ball
    y=$books

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  10. micahDecember 3, 2009 at 8:29 AM

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  11. micahDecember 3, 2009 at 8:33 AM

    word problem
    Mary's age is four times as old as daisy. In 3 years the sum of their ages will be 38. What are Mary and Daisy's ages?

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