<p>MS 181 Name: ______Class: ____ Date: ______</p><p>UNDERSTANDING EQUATIONS The ages of three sisters are consecutive integers. The sum of their ages is . Calculate their ages.</p><p>1. Use a tape diagram to find their ages.</p><p>2. If the youngest sister is years old, describe the ages of the other two sisters in terms of , write an expression for the sum of their ages in terms of , and use that expression to write an equation that can be used to find their ages.</p><p>3. Determine if your answer from part (a) is a solution to the equation you wrote in part (b).</p><p>Sophia pays a membership fee for an online music store.</p><p>1. If she also buys two songs from a new album at a price of each, what is the total cost?</p><p>4. If Sophia purchases songs for each, write an expression for the total cost.</p><p>5. Sophia’s friend has saved but is not sure how many songs she can afford if she buys the membership and some songs. Use the expression in part (b) to write an equation that can be used to determine how many songs Sophia’s friend can buy.</p><p>6. Using the equation written in part (c), can Sophia’s friend buy , , or songs? </p><p>1 MS 181 Name: ______Class: ____ Date: ______</p><p>Write and solve an equation for each problem. (Use a separate paper to show complete work) 1. The perimeter of a rectangle is inches. If its length is three times its width, find the dimensions.</p><p>1. A cell phone company has a basic monthly plan of plus for any minutes used over . Before receiving his statement, John saw he was charged a total of . Write and solve an equation to determine how many minutes he must have used during the month. Write an equation without decimals. 2. A volleyball coach plans her daily practices to include minutes of stretching, of the entire practice scrimmaging, and the remaining practice time working on drills of specific skills. On Wednesday, the coach planned minutes of stretching and scrimmaging. How long, in hours, is the entire practice?</p><p>3. The sum of two consecutive even numbers is . Find the numbers.</p><p>4. Justin has more than Eva and Emma has less than Justin. Together, they have a total of . How much money does each person?</p><p>5. Barry’s mountain bike weighs pounds more than Andy’s. If their bikes weigh pounds altogether, how much does Barry’s bike weigh? Identify the if-then moves in your solution.</p><p>6. Trevor and Marissa together have t-shirts to sell. If Marissa has fewer t-shirts than Trevor, find how many t-shirts Trevor has. Identify the if-then moves in your solution.</p><p>7. A number is of another number. The difference of the numbers is . (Assume that you are subtracting the smaller number from the larger number.) Find the numbers.</p><p>8. A number is greater than another number. If the sum of the numbers is , find the numbers.</p><p>9. Kevin is currently twice as old now as his brother. If Kevin was years old years ago, how old is Kevin’s brother now?</p><p>10. The sum of two consecutive odd numbers is . What are the numbers?</p><p>11. If represents an odd integer, write expressions in terms of that represent the next three consecutive odd integers. If the four consecutive odd integers have a sum of , find the numbers. 2 MS 181 Name: ______Class: ____ Date: ______</p><p>12. The cost of admission to a history museum is per person over the age of ; kids and under get in for free. If the total cost of admission for the Warrick family, including their two -month old twins, is , find how many family members are over years old.</p><p>13. Six times the sum of three consecutive odd integers is . Find the integers.</p><p>14. I am thinking of a number. If you multiply my number by , add to the product, and then take of the sum, the result is . Find my number.</p><p>15. A vending machine has twice as many quarters in it as dollar bills. If the quarters and dollar bills have a combined value of , how many quarters are in the machine?</p><p>INEQUALITIES 2. Match each problem to the inequality that models it. One choice will be used twice. The sum of three times a number and is greater than . a. The sum of three times a number and is less than . b. The sum of three times a number and is at most . c. The sum of three times a number and is no more than . d. The sum of three times a number and is at least .</p><p>If represents a positive integer, find the solutions to the following inequalities. Show complete work. 7. 12. 8. 13. 9. 14. 10. 15. 11.</p><p>3 MS 181 Name: ______Class: ____ Date: ______Recall that the symbol means “not equal to.” If represents a positive integer, state whether each of the following statements is always true, sometimes true, or false. 16. 20. 17. 21. 18. 22. 19. 23.</p><p>Twice the smaller of two consecutive integers increased by the larger integer is at least . Model the problem with an inequality, and determine which of the given values , , and/or are solutions. Then find the smallest number that will make the inequality true.</p><p>24. The length of a rectangular fenced enclosure is feet more than the width. If Farmer Dan has feet of fencing, write an inequality to find the dimensions of the rectangle with the largest perimeter that can be created using feet of fencing. 1. What are the dimensions of the rectangle with the largest perimeter? What is the area enclosed by this rectangle</p><p>At most, Kyle can spend on sandwiches and chips for a picnic. He already bought chips for and will buy sandwiches that cost each. Write and solve an inequality to show how many sandwiches he can buy. Show your work and interpret your solution.</p><p>4</p>