Magazines and Ads-

Help me prove this guy online wrong

I was on Reddit last night, and this guy made the claim that magazines
don’t have as many ads as they used to in them. I said that he was wrong;
most magazines are about 50% advertisements, maybe more.

Help me prove this guy wrong: Using a magazine, find the estimated ratio of
ads to content and put this in a percentage.

To solve this problem, we will have to use a multi-step problem solving

model. Use UPS:

Problem Solve with UPS

Understand: Solve:

• What do I know from the • Show your work here. Use any
problem? strategy you need to solve the
• Are there unknowns? question.
• Does the problem have
constraints?
• Does the problem require a unit
change?
• Restate the question in my own
words.

Plan:

• Estimated number of
steps:_____
• What operation will I use?
• Equations:
 Problem solve UPS
Understand: Solve:

Plan:
 Problem Solve with UPS

Understand: Solve:

• What do I know from the • Show your work here. Use any
problem? strategy you need to solve the
question.

• Are there unknowns?

• Does the problem have

constraints?

• Does the problem require a unit

change?

• Restate the question in my own

words.

Plan:

• Estimated number of
steps:_____

• What operation will I use?

• Equations:
List all the key words here. Look
out for words that give you a clue
about the operation, like product;
quotient; sum.

Problem Solve with UPS

Understand: Solve:

• What do I know from the • Show your work here. Use any
Unknowns: problem? strategy you need to solve the
any other
question.
information
needed that
• Are there unknowns?
is not in the
question?
• Does the problem have
constraints?

Constraints:
• Does the problem require a unit Following your plan and using all the
Something change? information you have gathered, here we
the problem
requires of can solve the problem.
our answer
• Restate the question in my own
words.
Use this extra space to use any
strategies that can help you.

Plan:

• Estimated number of
steps:_____

• What operation will I use?

• Equations: Make a plan- how many steps will you need to take to solve the
problem. (This is a guide)

Think about which operations you will need to use to solve the
problem- ex. will the answer increase?

Write your equations (all or some). Equations can be connected using

Step 1, Step 2 etc.