Monday, January 11, 2016

Homework Due 1-13-16

7th: Handout--

1. Moby is hanging a tire swing from a tree branch. The branch is 7 meters off the ground, the rope he’s using to hang the swing is 5 meters long, and the tire is 1 meter in diameter. How far is it from the ground to the bottom of the tire?

2. Cassie maxed out her credit card! She spent $300, when she only had $135 in her bank account. After she pays the $135 she had saved, how much more will she owe?

3. On the evening of January 12, the temperature outside was 8 degrees Celsius. Overnight, the temperature dropped 15 degrees! What was the temperature the next morning?

4. At the mall, Cassie saw a dress that originally cost $125. But fortunately for her, it was on sale for $33 off, and Cassie bought it! How much did she pay for the dress?

5. Tim went cliff diving! He jumped off a 25-meter-high cliff into a lake. At the bottom of his dive, he was 8 meters below the surface of the water. How far did he dive, from the top of the cliff to the deepest point in the water?

8th: Handout pg 58-59

Algebra: 
1. Two small pitchers and one large pitcher can hold 8 cups of water.  One large pitcher minus one small pitcher constitutes 2 cups of water.  How many cups of  water can each pitcher hold? 

2. A test has twenty questions worth 100 points.  The test consists of True/False questions worth 3 points each and multiple choice questions worth 11 points each.  How many multiple choice questions are on the test?