Name Due March 9th Solving Multi-Step Equations Project Directions 1. Get into groups of three or four students. (Choose wisely) 2. Each group is given 4 story problems. 3. Use the Buck Strategy to decode the story problem (annotation) 4. Write an equation for each story problem and then solve the equation. 5. Divide your product into 4 parts (one part for each story problem). Each part in the product should have the following: i. The story problem. ii. The correct Buck Strategy annotation with the variable defined iii. The correct equation for the story problem. iv. The work on how to solve the equation. v. Written directions on the steps taken to solve the problem. 6. Make sure each person in the group is equally participating. 7. Choices for product (digital or paper submissions): a. Comic Strip (4 parts) Click here for an example b. Instructional Video (4 parts) Click here for an example c. Children s Book (4 parts) Click here for an example d. Scrapbook (4 parts) Click here for an example e. Song (Audio and Lyrics) (4 parts) Click here for an example f. Music Video (4 parts) Click here for an example Category 4 3 2 1 The product includes all All required elements are All but 1 of the required required elements as well as included on the product. elements are included on additional information. the product. Required Elements Time on Task Attractiveness/ Performance Story Problem/ Two Step Equation Two Step Equation Calculations All of the time in class was spent on task. The product is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness. Each story problem has the correct equation that represents the situation. There are no mathematical mistakes on the product. Most of the time in class was spent on task. The product is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness. There is 1 mistake with the equation representing the story problem. There are 1-2 mathematical mistakes on the product. Less than half of the time in class was spent on task. The product is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy. There are 2 mistakes with the equation representing the story problem There are 3-4 mathematical mistakes on the product. Several required elements are missing. Little to no time in class was spent on task. The product is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive. There is more than 2 mistakes with the equation representing the story problem There are more than 4 mathematical mistakes on the product.
Circle which Group you participated in. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Show all your work for each story problem: 1. Hint: EOC Question #10 2. Hint: EOC Question #35 3. Hint: EOC Question #6 4. Hint: EOC Question #8 Rate Your Group Members List Group Member Names: On a scale of 1 4, with 4 being the best, rate how much participation was given from each group member. 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1
Group 1 Malachi is 15 years older than his cousin Quante. Cousin Isaih is 4 times as old as Quante. The sum of their ages is 99. Find each of their ages. A train leaves a station, traveling at 50 miles per hour. Two hours later, a second train leaves on a parallel track, traveling the same direction at 60 miles per hour. In how many hours will the second train catch up with the first train? (Assume there are no stops, and both trains travel at a constant speed.) Lawley s Café bought some beans from Columbia for $5.00 per pound and some beans from Jamaica for $3.00 per pound. She wants to make 10 pounds of a mixture that will cost him $4.75 per pound. How many pounds of each coffee should she use? The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 63. Find the sum of the smallest and greatest integer.
Group 2 Daniela is 5 less than twice as old as Brandon. The sum of their ages is 31. How old are Daniela and Brandon? A cyclist, riding at 18 miles per hour, leaves town. Four hours later, another cyclist leaves town from the same starting point, traveling in the same direction at an average of 24 miles per hour. How long does it take the second cyclist to catch up to the first cyclist? Bowman s Meat Company paid $2.75 per pound for hamburger and $4.50 per pound for ground sirloin. How many pounds of each did he use to make 75 pounds of meat mixture that will cost $3.24 per pound? Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and second is three less than the third.
Group 3 Elizabeth s mom is 5 times older than Elizabeth. Elizabeth s dad is 8 years older than Elizabeth s mom. The sum of their ages is 74. How old are each of them? A jet plane, traveling an average of 350 miles per hour, passes a propeller plane that took off from the same airport two hours before. The propeller plan is traveling at an average of 210 miles per hour. How far from the airport does the jet plane catch up to the propeller plane? How many pounds of walnuts, which cost $3 per pound, must be mixed with 30 pounds of almonds costing $8.25 per pound to make a mixture which will cost $6.50 per pound? The sum of three consecutive even integers is 120. What is twice the sum of the largest integer and the middle integer?
Group 4 Shesley is 4 years more than three times as old as her son, Jhunior. If the difference between their ages is 34, how old are Shesley and Jhunior? A train leaves Mt. Carmel traveling at 32 miles per hour. Two hours later, second train leaves Mt. Carmel, traveling at 48 miles per hour on a track parallel to the first train. How far from Mt. Carmel will the two trains meet? In the gourmet cheese shop, employees grated cheese costing $4.80 per pound to mix with 10 pounds of cheese which cost $3.60 per pound to make a grated cheese topping costing $4.00 per pound. How many pounds of cheese costing $4.80 did they use? The sum of three consecutive integers is -30. What is the product of the three integers?
Group 5 Ent earns $4 less than three times as much as Roberto. Samy earns twice as much as Ent. Together they earn $468 per week. How much does each person earn per week? Edwin and Kevin took a bike ride. They averaged 12 miles per hour on the trip out into the country and 9 miles per hour on the trip back by the same roads. How far out can they go in 7 hours? Iyanni is mixing orange juice concentrate for her restaurant. One juice concentrate is 64% real orange juice. The other is only 48% real orange juice. How many ounces of 48% real orange juice should be used to make 180 ounces of 56% real juice? The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 51. What is the product of the smallest and largest integer?
Group 6 Taylor, the elephant, eats 4 times as much as Caleb, the pony. Russell, the zebra, eats twice as much as Caleb. Altogether, they eat 238 kilograms of feed per week. How much feed does each of them require each week? K ailan, a pilot, flew an average of 400 miles per hour on a flight out. On the return flight to same airport, he flew at an average speed of 600 miles per hour. The total flight time was 10 hours. How far did he fly each way? How many gallons of a 15% alcohol solution must be mixed with 10 gallons of a 40% alcohol solution to make a 35% alcohol solution? Find two consecutive odd integers such that five times the first equals three times the second.
Group 7 Three boxes have a total weight of 720 pounds. Box A weighs twice as much as Box B. Box C weighs 30 pounds more than Box A. How much do each of the boxes weigh? Autumn went out in her sailboat on Lake Wylie one Sunday afternoon. She sailed at 8 miles per hour for the trip out. She sailed twice as fast on the trip back. The entire trip took 7.5 hours. How far did she go on the sailboat for the total trip? How many gallons of a 20% ammonia solution should be mixed with 50 gallons of a 50% ammonia solution to make a 30% ammonia solution? Find two consecutive even integers such that seven times the first equals six times the second.
Group 8 There are 170 students registered for Math 1 classes. There are twice as many students registered in second period as first period. There are 10 less than three times as many students registered in third period as in first period. How many students are in each period? Emily drove to the mountains, averaging 52 miles per hour. Coming back by the same roads, she averaged 40 miles per hour. The total driving time was 11.5 hours. How far away did she travel? Daniel, a goldsmith has 12 grams of a 40% gold alloy (alloy means it has been mixed with other metals). How many grams of pure gold should be added to make an alloy which is 65% gold? The sum of two consecutive odd integers is 80. What is the product of the two integers?