Tom buys a pair of shoes for $65 and a hat for $20. If tax is 9%, how much change would Tom get if he paid with a $100 bill? Price: = $85 Tax: $ = $7.65 Total: $85 + $7.65 = $92.65 Change: $100 – $92.65 = $7.35 BOA 401: Solve routine two-step or three-step arithmetic problems involving concepts such as rate and proportion, tax added, percentage off, and computing with a given average.
Monday –Two-Step Word Problems and Simplify and Solve Equations Tuesday – Review Simplify and Solve Equations Wednesday – Quiz Review Thursday – Quiz: One and Two-Step Equations and Word Problems Friday – Review Quiz and Solving Other Equation Situations Following Week – Solving for one- variable in a two-variable equation.
XEI 404: Perform straightforward word-to-symbol translations XEI 501: Solve real-world problems using first-degree equations XEI 502: Write expressions, equations, or inequalities with a single variable for common pre-algebra settings
Two-step word problems involve two operations to be performed in any combination.
Ashley is two more than three times as old as Chris. If Ashley is 20, how old is Chris? Let ‘c’ equal Chris Equation: Solve: – 2 – 2 3c+ 2= 20 3c = c = 6 years old
Darius has two less than one-half the amount of money Camillus has. If Darius has $13, how much does Camillus have? Let ‘c’ equal Camillus Equation: Solve: 1212 c = 13 = 15c c = $30 –
Let’s see if you really understand how to solve equations. You must first simplify these before solving!
Sometimes you have to simplify before solving equations: 3x x = 40 5x + 5 = 40 – 5 – 5 5x = 35 x = 7 Combine like terms!
-9x + 1 – x + 6 = x + 7 = 47 – 7 – 7 -10x = 40 x = -4 Combine like terms!
3(2x + 1) = 21 6x + 3 = 21 – 3 – 3 6x = 18 x = 3 Distribute!
-2(3x – 5) + 2 = 24 -6x = 24 -6x + 12 = 24 – 12 –12 -6x = 12 x = -2 Distribute!
4x – (5 – 2 + 8) = 13 4x – 11 = x = 24 x = 6 Do NOT Distribute! Solve Parentheses