Bell Ringer Week of February 17-21, 2014 Created by: Shavonne Burrows, EdS

Monday, February 17, 2014 Gail began the day with 12 coins in her pocket. She then used three coins for each of two one-way bus tickets. She used two more coins to buy a newspaper. To find the number of coins left in her pocket, Gail used the expression 12 − (3 × 2) − 2. How many coins did she have left?

Answer for Monday, February 17, 2014

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 An aquarium has a fish tank in the shape of a rectangular prism. The volume of a rectangular prism can be found using the formula V = lwh, where l = length, w = width, and h = height. What is the volume of the aquarium’s fish tank if the tank’s length is 4 ft, its width is 1.5 ft, and its height is 1.5 ft?

Answer for Tuesday, February 18,2014

Write an expression that is equivalent to b + b + b + b? Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Write an expression that is equivalent to b + b + b + b?

Answer for Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Thursday, February 20, 2014 The United States House of Representatives has 35 more members than four times the number of members in the United States Senate. Define a variable and write an expression to represent the number of members in the House of Representatives. Then find the number of members in the House of Representatives, if there are 100 members in the Senate.

Answer for Thursday, February 20, 2014

Six years less than Tracey’s age Friday, February 21, 2014 Define a variable and write each phrase as an algebraic expression Six years less than Tracey’s age

Answer for Friday, February 21, 2014