1. 3 More Strategies:  Plug in Choices  Use Your Own Numbers  Multi-Variable Replacing

2. ** Plug in Choices **

3. Tips for Plug-In Choices : 1.If possible, 1.First plug in

4. Practice Problem # 1 If what is the value of x? a.-20 b.-12 c.-8 d.4 e.8

5. Practice Problem #2 Ifand y<0, what is the value of y? a.10 b.2 c.-2 d.-6 e.-10

6. Practice Problem #3 Steve took a bike trip in which he covered half of the total distance on Monday. After going100 kilometers on Tuesday, he determined that he still had 10% of the trip to complete. What was the total length, in kilometers, of the trip? a.200 b.250 c.400 d.500 e.600

7. ** Use Your Own #’s**

8. Practice Problem #1 If is an integer, what is the remainder when a is divided by 5? A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4 E.It cannot be determined from the information given

9. Practice Problem #2 If a, b and c are positive numbers such that 3a=4b=5c and if a+b = kc, find the value of k? A.12/35 B.5/7 C.10/7 D.7/5 E.35/12

10. ** Multi-Variable ** Replacement

11. Practice Problem #1 If x onions cost r cents, how many onions can be bought with d dollars? a. b. c. d. e.

12. Practice Problem #2 At Harry’s Hardware, a hammer costs d dollars and c cents. What is the cost, in dollars, of h hammers? a.b. c. d. e.