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WEEKLY HOMEWORK December 8-12, 2014

Checked DAILY. Turn in packet on Monday, December 15, 2014

DAY
MONDAY

ASSIGNMENT
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TUESDAY

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WEDNESDAY

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THURSDAY

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Friday

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**Please staple your completed work to this cover page before turning in to your teacher.

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Monday Assignment

The bar graph shows the differences in a citys rainfall from the historical average. Answer the
following problems.

a. What is the difference in rainfall between the wettest and driest months?

b. Find the sum of the differences for the year.

c. What does the sum in Part B tell you about the rainfall for the year?

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Tuesday Assignment
You have a checking account at Bank of America. Currently there is $119 in your checking
account. Answer the following questions.
a) While shopping at the mall, you purchase the Beats Headphones for $115 by using a bank card.
If there is 6% sales tax, how much is the total purchase?
*Hint: convert, multiply, add/subtract

b) After your purchase, how much is left in your checking account? What does this number
represent?

c) Bank of America charges an overdraft fee when the amount in an account falls below zero. If
Bank of America charges $35 for spending over the amount in your checking account, how much
is in your account?

d) On payday, $2700 was deposited into your account from your engineering company. Without
performing calculations, would your new account balance be lower, equal to, or higher than
$2700. State why.

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Wednesday Assignment
The following list shows 20 random numbers between -100 and 100. Answer the following
questions.
84

-54

17

-43

-62

-37

-4

90

34

49

27

78

-39

-55

-13

-92

47

-77

49

a. What is the difference between the highest number and the lowest number?

b. Five numbers are bolded and underlined. Without adding, would the sum of these numbers be
positive or negative? State why.

c. Calculate the sum of the numbers from part b. Was your answer in part b correct? State why.

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Thursday Assignment
Students created a new game in the classroom called Trash It Ball. The rules are listed
below.
The object is to successfully throw as many paper balls into the trashcan. For each successful
shot, the player receives 1.5 points. For each failed shot, the player receives -1.5 points. 2.25
points are taken away if a player waits too long to shoot the paper ball into the trashcan.
a) Fill in the table.
Player Actions

Equation

Player Score

Player makes a successful shot

0 + 1.5 = 1.5

1.5

Player waited too long to shoot

1.5 2.25 = 0

0.75

Player misses two shots

0.75 - 1.5 1.5 = -3.75

-3.75

Player makes four successful shots

-3.75 + 1.5 +1.5 +1.5 +1.5 = _____

______

Player waits to long to make shot

Player misses three shots
Player makes one successful shot
Player waits too long to make shot.
Player misses a shot.

b) Another player made a shot and missed a shot. Why would his score become zero? State why.

c) If a third player misses more shots than she makes, will her score be negative or positive?
State why.

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Friday Assignment
The equation for converting termperatures in celsius to temperatures in Farenheight is shown
below. Answer the following questions.
( )
****Tf is the temperature in Fahrenheit and Tc is the temperature in Celsius
a) If the temperature in Alaska is -3 C (Celsius), than what is the temperature in Fahrenheit?
*Hint: Tc is a variable that is substituted/replaced for the temperature in Celsius.
*Hint: In multiplication, negative times positive equals a negative number. (-) x (+) = (-)

b) What properties of real numbers were used to solve part a?

c) If the temperature in Honolulu. Hawaii is 60C, what is the temperature in Fahrenheit?

*Hint: In multiplication, positive times positive equals a positive. (+) x (+) = +

d) Will the Fahrenheit temperature always be greater than the corresponding Celsius
temperature?

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