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

2. 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?

3. Answer for Monday, February 17, 2014

4. 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?

5. Answer for Tuesday, February 18,2014

6. 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?

7. Answer for Wednesday, February 19, 2014

8. 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.

9. Answer for Thursday, February 20, 2014

10. 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

11. Answer for Friday, February 21, 2014