Sparkling water and grape juice are mixed together to make 36 ounces of fizzy juice.
How much sparkling water was used if the mixture has 19 ounces of grape juice?
How much grape juice was used if the mixture has 15 ounces of sparkling water?
Han wrote the equation, , with representing the amount of grape juice used, in ounces, and representing the amount of sparkling water used, in ounces. Explain why Han’s equation matches the story.
Clare wrote the equation , with representing the amount of grape juice used, in ounces, and representing the amount of sparkling water used, in ounces. Explain why Clare’s equation matches the story.
Kiran wrote the equation , with representing the amount of grape juice used, in ounces, and representing the amount of sparkling water used, in ounces. Explain why Kiran’s equation does not match the story.
A car is going 65 miles per hour down the highway.
How far does it travel in 1.5 hours?
How long does it take the car to travel 130 miles?
Mai wrote the equation , with representing the time traveled, in hours, and representing the distance traveled, in miles. Explain why Mai’s equation matches the story.
Tyler wrote the equation , with representing the time traveled, in hours, and representing the distance traveled, in miles. Explain why Tyler’s equation matches the story.
Lin wrote the equation , with representing the time traveled, in hours, and representing the distance traveled, in miles. Explain why Lin’s equation does not match the story.
9.3
Activity
Tyler is practicing finding different equivalent equations that match the story. For each of the problems below, he gets one equation right but the other equation wrong. For each one, explain the error, give the correct equivalent equation, and explain your reasoning.
Situation: A stationery store is selling personalized planners. Each journal page costs \$0.65 and each sticker page costs \$3.25. The total cost of an order was \$39. Let be the number of journal pages ordered and be the number of sticker pages ordered.
Tyler’s first and correct equation:
Tyler’s second and incorrect equation:
What is the error?
What is a correct second equation Tyler could have written?
What might Tyler have been thinking that led to his mistake?
Situation: The perimeter of a rectangle (twice the sum of the length and width) is 13.5 inches. Let be the length of the rectangle and be the width of the rectangle.
Tyler’s first and correct equation:
Tyler’s second and incorrect equation:
What is the error?
What is a correct second equation Tyler could have written?
What might Tyler have been thinking that led to his mistake?
Situation: For a fundraiser, a school is selling flavored waters for \$2.00 each and pretzels for \$1.50 each. The school has a fundraising goal of \$200. Let be the number of waters sold and be the number of pretzels sold.
Tyler’s first and correct equation:
Tyler’s second and incorrect equation:
What is the error?
What is a correct second equation Tyler could have written?
What might Tyler have been thinking that led to his mistake?