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Mixture Problems Objective: To solve mixture problems. Standard 5.0

Mixture Notes Paper 1) Les spent $4.40 for several pencils costing 10 cents each and some notebooks costing 80 cents each. He bought 8 more pencils than notebooks. How many notebooks did he buy? x (x + 8) x8080(x) 440 Quantity ∙ cost = total value Pencils Notebooks Mixture 10(x + 8) + 80(x) = x x = x + 80 = x = 360 x = 4 notebooks Multiply across Add down so 12 pencils

Mixture Notes Paper 2) Susan makes $3 an hour working after school and $4 an hour working on Saturdays. Last week she worked a total of 12 hours and made $ How many hours did she work on Saturday? 12 – x33(12 – x) x44x 12$42.50 hours ∙ rate = total value school Saturdays Mixture 3(12 – x) + 4x = – 3x + 4x = x = x = hours 30 min on Saturdays Multiply across Add down

Mixture Notes Paper 3) Raisins are worth $3.24 per pound was mixed with dried apricots worth $4.22 per pound to produce a mixture worth $3.80 per pound. If there were 15 pounds of raisins then calculate the amount of dried apricots in the mixture (324) x422x(422) 15 + x (15 + x) Quantity ∙ cost = total value Raisins Apricots Mixture 15(324) + x(422) = 380(15 + x) x = x x = x = 840 x = 20 apricots Multiply across Add down

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