May 29-June2

Grade 8 Problem of the Week May 29- June 2

1. The grade 8 students had a dance. The disc jockey charged $150 for setting up the music plus $3.00 per student who attended the dance. The total amount paid was $375. How many students attended the dance?

a. Write an equation that can be used to solve the problem

b. Solve the equation.

2. A grade 8 class held a charity car wash and earned $368. They donated $200 to an animal shelter, and shared the rest of the money equally among four other charities. How much money did each of the other four charities receive?

a. Write an equation that can be used to solve the problem

b. Solve the equation.

3. An internet company charges a basic monthly rate of $40 plus a per hour rate of $2. This can be described as c = 2h +40.

a)  Make a table of values for the cost of 1 to 6 hours. 

b) Graph the table of values

4. Mary has started a new exercise program, where she does sit-ups everyday,  that can be represented by s = 4d +5. 

a) Create a table of values to represent the amount of sit-ups she can do after 1 to 6 days.

b) Graph the table of values