1. Notes Over 3.5 Solving Real-Life Problems
1. The front page of your school newspaper is inches wide. The left margin is 1 inch and the right margin is inches. The space between the three columns is inch. Find the width of each column.

3. Each column needs to be 2 inches wide.

4. Notes Over 3.5 Total Distance
2. While on business, your mother drove 65 miles per hour in an automobile and traveled 260 miles per hour in an airplane. She drove three times as many hours as she flew and the total mileage for the trip was 1365 miles. How many hours did she drive?
Verbal Model
Total Distance
Driving rate
Driving Time
Flying rate
Flying Time

5. Notes Over 3.5 This means that she flew for 3 hours.
Since 3f is her driving time, she drove for 9 hours.

6. Notes Over 3.5