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Table of Contents Grade 6: Mathematical Models 1 Ratio Tables
2
Bar Models 4
Number Lines 6
Grade 7: Integers 15 Introduction to Integers 16
Locating Integers on the Number Line 18
Adding and Subtracting Integers 20
Multiplying Integers 22
Coordinate Pairs 24
Focus On: Division of Integers 26
Division of Integers Practice Problems 27
Grade 8: Linear Functions, Quadratics, and Factoring 29 Operating
with Sequences 30
Slope 32
Focus On: Solving Equations 40
Solving Equations Practice Problems 41
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Grade 6 Mathematic al Models
1
Name Date
Marcia is baking banana muffins to sell at her basketball team’s
fundraiser. This is her favorite banana muffin recipe.
1. If she wants to make 120 banana muffins, how can Marcia find out
what amount of each ingredient she needs?
2. Marcia decides to make 96 banana muffins. How many eggs will she
use?
A. 2 C. 8
B. 6 D. 12
3. The table below shows the cost for three different types of
plants at a garden center.
Find the cost of the following orders:
a. 18 pepper plants
b. 24 tomato plants
c. 12 marigold plants
Banana Muffins (makes 24)
cup margarine, softened 1 cups mashed bananas 1 cup sugar 1
teaspoon baking soda 2 eggs 1 cups flour
Preheat the oven to 375° F. Cream margarine and sugar until smooth.
Beat in eggs, then bananas. Add flour and baking soda, stirring
until mixed. Fill muffin paper liners. Bake for 30 minutes.
1 2
1 2
1 2
Plant Cost
Pepper–6 plants $2.50
Tomato–3 plants $3.00
Marigold–24 plants $5.00
4. A grocery store buys cereal by the case. Last week’s delivery
had 23 cases of cereal. Use the ratio table to calculate the number
of boxes of cereal that the store received.
A. 156 boxes C. 240 boxes
B. 264 boxes D. 276 boxes
5. The ratio table below shows the price of different numbers of
pizzas from Pizza Pizzazz.
Locate the price, in the table, that is incorrect. What is the
correct price for that number of pizzas?
$12Price
Pizzas
Number of Boxes
Number of Cases
12 24 120
1 2 10
Math Content Students will use tables to find equivalent ratios and
calculate ratio values.
Ratio Tables
6. A contractor is building a patio behind a house. For the floor,
he uses the recipe below to mix concrete.
a. A cubic foot of sand weighs 90 pounds. Use the ratio table below
to find the weight of sand needed to make 15 cubic yards of
concrete.
b. Complete the ratio table for the number of cubic yards of
concrete indicated.
Concrete (makes 1 cubic yard)
6 cubic feet cement 15 cubic feet sand 12 cubic feet gravel 3 cubic
feet water
1 2
2 5 10
7. A store parking lot has 25 rows of parking spaces. Each row has
the same number of spaces. There are 375 total parking spaces.
Complete the table below to deter- mine the number of spaces in
each row.
Review 8. The pie chart below shows which field
trip idea students liked best. If 200 stu- dents were surveyed,
estimate the number who chose the museum trip.
9. The bar graph below shows the number of cars sold at a
dealership in one week. How many cars were sold on Wednesday?
Spaces
Ca rs
So ld
SatFriThuWedTueMonSun
Museum
Nature Center
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1. The bar model below is divided into equal parts. Label each part
with a fraction.
2. What fraction is represented by the shaded portion of the bar
model below? Express your answer in simplest form.
3. In which bar model does the shaded portion represent ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4. Kim had a strip of 8 stamps. She used 6 of the stamps to mail
letters.
a. Draw a bar model that shows the stamps she used as the shaded
part of the model and the remaining stamps as the unshaded
part.
b. What fraction of the strip of stamps does Kim have left?
1 4
5. A water storage tank at a factory has a gauge on the outside so
that employees can estimate the amount of water in the tank.
a. What fraction of the tank is filled?
b. If a full tank holds 2,000 liters of water, how much water is in
the tank?
6. A bar gauge on a large coffee maker shows the amount of coffee
remaining. A full container holds 60 cups of coffee. Fill in the
gauges to show the amounts indicated.
a. 45 cups b. 10 cups c. 30 cups
Math Content Students will use bar models to represent fractions,
percentages, and decimals.
Bar Models
7. Kai is downloading a program onto his computer. He sees the
following bar that shows the progress of the downloading.
If the total size of the program is 4.4 MB, what is the best
estimate of the amount that has been downloaded?
A. 0.4 MB C. 1.6 MB
B. 1.1 MB D. 2.2 MB
8. Alana is downloading a program. After 20 seconds, she sees the
screen below.
a. How can Alana figure out the size of the program?
b. Draw the bar model that will be on the screen after 40 seconds,
if the program downloads at a constant rate.
Saving:
9. Use the bar model to calculate a 20% tip.
Review 10. The ratio table shows the number of
pencils in a given number of boxes.
If each box contains 15 pencils, which value in the ratio table is
incorrect and what is the correct value?
11. Calculate the values and fill in the blank spaces in the ratio
table.
$29.00
100%
$2.90
10%
Eyes
30 6015 120 200
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, , , ,
The sign at the beginning of a hiking trail shows the following
distances. Use the sign to answer questions 2 and 3.
2. The number line below represents the trail. Label each of the
locations on the number line.
3. If the trail is exactly 1 mi long, what frac- tion of the trail
remains when you reach the stream crossing?
1 4
3 4
1 3
2 3
1 2
Y Z
4. In a track and field competition, four athletes throw a heavy
iron shot. Their distances are shown in the table below.
a. Show the four throwing distances on the number line below. Label
the distances with the first initial of the athlete and the
distance.
b. Which two athletes had distances that were closest to each
other?
c. What was the distance between the shortest throw and the longest
throw?
12 13 14 15
Walters 12.2
Sanchez 13.2
Chen 12.8
Thomas 14.2
Math Content Students will use number lines to compare and order
fractions and decimals.
Number Lines
5. Mark a point on this number line and label its value.
For questions 6 through 8, use jumps of 0.1 and 1 to “jump” between
the points.
6. Jump from 1.2 to 2.1 in two jumps.
7. Jump from 0.8 to 3.6 in five jumps.
8. Jump from 1.2 to 2.9 in the fewest possible number of
jumps.
10 2 3
10 2 3
10 2 3
10 2 3
Review 9. In the bar model below, what fraction is
represented by the shaded portion? Express your answer in simplest
form.
10. A bar gauge on the computer shows that 1.5 MB of a program have
been down- loaded. The size of the program is 6.0 MB. Fill in the
bar gauge to show the progress of the download.
Number Lines Name Date
Name Date
Use the map scale below to answer questions 1 and 2.
1. Julie estimated that the distance from the town where she lives
to the town where her grandmother lives is 25 miles. Estimate the
distance between the towns measured in kilometers.
2. About how long is 5 miles?
A. 3 km C. 8 km
B. 5 km D. 15 km
3. The downtown section of Hilldale is arranged in a regular grid.
Each city block is mile long.
Ms. Casey’s class is going on a field trip to the museum. How many
blocks will they have to walk from the school, which is at 1st
Avenue and Main Street, to the museum at 6th Avenue and Lee Street?
How many miles is that?
Museum
School
km
4. On a long bus trip, Jamal recorded the time the bus traveled to
reach certain dis- tances. He placed the data on the double number
line below.
a. How could Jamal use his graph to find out how much time the bus
will need to travel 400 miles?
b. What assumption does Jamal have to make in his
calculation?
c. How much time will Jamal calculate for the 400-mile trip?
50 150100 250200
mi
Math Content Students will use double number lines to estimate and
calculate ratios and to develop algorithms for fractions.
Double Number Lines
5. At the local market, mixed nuts cost $2.50 per kilogram. Make a
double num- ber line to show the cost of , 1, 1 , and 2 kilograms
of nuts.
6. The double number line below compares centimeters to
inches.
About how many inches is the same length as 20 centimeters?
A. 4 inches
B. 8 inches
C. 10 inches
D. 20 inches
7. This double number line compares centimeters and
millimeters.
There are 100 centimeters in a meter. How many millimeters are
there in a meter?
10 3020 50 6040
mm
in
1 2
1 2
8. At a hardware store, small nails cost $2.40 per kilogram. The
double number line below shows the scale reading for one bag of
nails.
a. Fill in the prices for full kilogram measures of nails on the
double number line.
b. Use the double number line to find the cost of the bag of
nails.
Review 9. The track team trains each day after
school for 1 hours. Fill in the ratio table below to show the
number of hours after each number of days of training.
10. What fraction is represented by the shaded portion of the bar
model below? Express your answer in simplest form.
1 2
Training Hours
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1. Wendy is collecting eggs at her aunt’s farm. She places 12 eggs
in each carton. Use the ratio table to determine the num- ber of
cartons she will need if there are 288 eggs collected.
2. In an archery class, four students shot arrows at a target. They
measured the dis- tance from the center of the target to each
arrow. The results are shown in the data table.
a. On the number line below, show the distance from the center for
each archer.
b. How much farther from center was Leanne’s arrow than Paolo’s
arrow?
1 2 3 54 6 7
Eggs
Cartons
Amy 4.8
Paolo 5.9
Thomas 5.1
Leanne 6.5
3. On a camping trip, the nature club uses tents that can sleep 4
people. On the next weekend trip, there will be 52 campers. Use the
double number line to determine how many tents will be
needed.
4. Leta is making trail mix to take on the camping trip. She uses
this recipe for her mix.
Complete the ratio table to determine the amount of ingredients for
the number of bags shown in the table.
Raisins (cups)
2 cups raisins 3 cups nuts
cup pretzels 1 cups cereal1
2
tents0
0
campers
Math Content Students will use models to represent mathematical
concepts.
Applications of Models
5. The centimeter ruler below can be used to model jumps between
points.
a. Using jumps of 1 cm and 1 mm, what is the fewest number of jumps
needed to go from 1.2 cm to 3.1 cm?
b. How many 1 cm jumps would be needed to go from 0 to 0.5 m?
6. Use the bar graph below to calculate a 15% tip on a $75
restaurant bill.
a. Calculate the values for 5% and 10%. Write the values on the bar
model.
b. How can you use those values to calculate the 15% tip?
100%
$75.00
0.0
cm
7. At a school supply store, spiral notebooks cost $2.50
each.
a. Make a ratio table that can be used to calculate the cost of 24
notebooks.
b. Make a double number line that can be used to calculate the cost
of 24 notebooks.
c. What is the cost of 24 notebooks?
Review 8. The table below shows the total number
of bolts for a given number of boxes of bolts.
How many bolts are there in 14 boxes?
9. A bar gauge on the computer shows that 3.5 MB of a program have
been down- loaded. The size of the program is 14.0 MB. Fill in the
bar gauge to show the progress of the download.
Number of Bolts
Number of Boxes
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Comparing and Ordering Like Fractions Two fractions that have the
same denominator are called like fractions. For example and are
both fourths. To compare and order like fractions, compare the
numerators as shown in the examples:
Comparing and Ordering Unlike Fractions If two fractions have
different denominators, they must be converted to like fractions
before they can be compared. This can be done by multiplying both
the numerator and the denominator by the same value. For example,
to convert to sixths, multiply by (which is equal to 1): × =
.
Comparing and Ordering Decimals To compare and order decimal
numbers, first compare the whole number portion: 4.5 > 3.4 >
2.4.
If the whole numbers are the same, compare the first number after
the decimal point (tenths place). If that digit is the same,
compare the second digit after the decimal point (hundreths place).
Continue comparing place value until you reach a digit that has a
higher number.
1 3
2 2
1 4
6 6
1 3
2 2
3 4
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Compare and
× = which is < ,
× = × = × =
< <
< < because 1 < 5 < 1111 12
5 12
1 12
11 12
1 12
5 12
Compare 3.675 and 3.657
The whole number and the first decimal digit are the same.
The second decimal digit of 3.675 is 7.
The second decimal digit of 3.657 is 5.
3.675 > 3.657
The first decimal digit of 4.449 is 4.
The first decimal digit of 4.542 and 4.548 is 5.
The second decimal digit of 4.542 and 4.548 is 4.
The third decimal digit of 4.548 is 8, while the third decimal
digit of 4.542 is 2.
4.548 > 4.542 > 4.449
, , 1 , 1
2. Four swimmers finished a race in the times shown in the table
below.
List the swimmers in order of their times, from shortest time to
longest time.
3. Which of these numbers has the greatest value?
A. 2.619 B. 2.568 C. 2.564 D. 2.618
Swimmer Time (seconds)
4. Compare these pairs of numbers using the symbols <, =, or
>.
a.
56.352, 56.061, 58.998, 56.115
6. Compare these pairs of numbers using the symbols <, =, or
>.
a. 7.359 7.539
b. 45.23 46.08
c. 2.357 2.351
d. 0.056 0.23
, , ,
Math Content Students will compare and order rational numbers:
fractions, decimals, and whole numbers.
Ordering Rational Numbers
8. After a party, Don compared the amount of pizza that was left
over. The cheese pizza was cut into 10 slices and 4 pieces were
left. The mushroom pizza was cut into 12 slices and 5 pieces were
left over. Both pizzas were the same size.
a. Explain how Don can determine which pizza has the greater amount
remaining.
b. Express the amount of each pizza remaining as a fraction of the
whole pizza. Then simplify each fraction, if possible.
c. Express both fractions in an equivalent form using the same
denominator.
d. Which pizza has the greater amount left over?
9. Order the following numbers from least to greatest:
, 2 , 2, ,
10. Which two decimals in the list below have the same value?
2.10 2.20 2.1 2.01
11. Which numbers in the list below have the same value?
6, 5 , 5 , 2 3
3 3
36 6
2 3
1 3
2 5
2 2
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Name Date
1. Miguel lives in San Francisco, California. His friend Lola lives
in New York, New York. When he calls Lola at 4 P.M. his time, it is
7 P.M. her time.
a. What is the time difference between the two cities?
b. How do you know what time it is in San Francisco if you are
given the time in New York?
c. What time is it in New York when it is 11 A.M. in San
Francisco?
2. The surface of the Dead Sea has an eleva- tion of 530 m below
sea level. The elevation of sea level is written as 0, and a
location with an elevation of 400 m above sea level is written as
+400. How would you write the elevation of the Dead Sea?
A. 0
B. –400
C. –530
D. 530
3. In the Fahrenheit temperature scale, the freezing point of water
is 32°F. Which of the following is true about the Fahrenheit
temperature scale?
A. All positive temperatures are above freezing.
B. All negative temperatures are below freezing.
C. Some negative temperatures are warmer than 32°F.
D. Some negative temperatures are warmer than some positive
temperatures.
4. Weather forecasters use temperature to help predict whether it
will rain or snow. At temperatures below freezing, water turns to
ice, and snow can form. At tem- peratures above freezing, water is
a liquid, and it comes down as rain. In the Celsius temperature
scale, the freezing point of water is 0°C. What can positive and
negative Celsius temperatures tell you about the weather?
Math Content Students will understand and use positive and negative
numbers in various situations and problems.
Introduction to Integers
5. Keilani works at a comic book store. She keeps track of the
total number of comics in the store by noting changes in a chart.
She uses positive numbers to note a delivery of new comics. She
uses nega- tive numbers to note the sale of comics from the store.
The chart below shows her chart for Monday.
a. How many comics in all were deliv- ered on Monday? How many
comics in all were sold? How did you come to these answers?
b. Were there more or fewer comics in the store at the end of the
day than there were at the beginning of the day? How do you
know?
c. Would Keilani use a positive or a nega- tive number to describe
the overall change in the number of comic books in the store over
the whole day? Explain.
Time Number of Comics
10:20 A.M. +20
11:45 A.M. –7
1:35 P.M. –15
2:59 P.M. +120
3:17 P.M. –20
3:31 P.M. –10
4:52 P.M. –4
6. A deposit is when you add money to a savings account. A
withdrawal is when you take away money from a savings account. How
might you use positive and negative numbers to describe deposits
and withdrawals?
Review 7. 3 × 1,000 + 2 × 100 + 3 × 1 + 5 × =
A. 3,235
B. 3,203.5
C. 3,231.5
D. 32,315
8. In 1998, chickens in the United States laid almost 80 billion
eggs. How many dozen is that?
1 10
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18 Integers Companion Practice Workbook, Grade 7
Name Date
1. Make true statements using <, =, or > and write each
statement in words.
a. –35 15
b. 200 –300
c. –43 –47
a.
b.
c.
d.
3. Below is a part of a number line with numbers ranging from –40
to 40. Fill in the boxes.
–40 40
ADD 40–20
4. Below is a part of a number line with numbers ranging from –20
to 20.
Which two points on the number line have a difference of 20?
A. A and B
B. A and C
C. B and C
D. C and D
5. A robot is located at point X on the num- ber line below. The
robot is given the following instructions: subtract 3, add 2, add
–1, and subtract –1. After following the instructions in order, at
what point on the number line is the robot located?
A. –4
B. –2
C. –1
D. 2
–4 –3 –2 –1
0 1 2 3 4
Math Content Students will compare, order, and solve problems using
positive and negative numbers on number lines.
Locating Integers on the Number Line
6. A building has a ground floor called Level 0. There are 12
floors of offices above the ground floor that are called Levels
1–12. There are 3 floors of park- ing below the ground floor that
are called (from bottom to top) Level –3, Level –2, and Level
–1.
a. Draw a vertical number line to repre- sent the building.
b. A delivery person parks on Level –2 and takes an elevator up 6
floors to make a delivery. At what level did the delivery person
make the delivery? Show on your number line where the delivery was
made.
c. Write the delivery scenario as an arithmetic problem using
positive and negative integers.
7. For each statement below, say whether it is “always true,”
“sometimes true,” or “never true.” Then, for each statement, give
two examples that support your answer.
a. “A positive number is greater than another positive
number.”
b. “A negative number is greater than a positive number.”
c. “A positive number is greater than a negative number.”
Review 8. Raul’s business experienced a net loss of
$30 on Monday, a net gain of $40 on Tuesday, and a net loss of $10
on Wednesday. What can you conclude about the total amount of money
his busi- ness earned during the three days?
A. It experienced a net loss of $0.
B. It experienced a net loss of $10.
C. It experienced a net gain of $10.
D. It experienced a net gain of $80.
9. What does a negative number represent on the Celsius temperature
scale?
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a.
b.
a.
b.
+
+
+ +
5 – –4 =
–1 – 2 =
–2 + –5 =
8 + –3 =
5. Complete the arithmetic tree. If the sign is –, subtract the
number above the sign on the right from the number above the sign
on the left.
6. Suppose that it is currently 5°C outside. Which of these changes
in the weather would result in a negative temperature?
A. The temperature gets 5 degrees colder.
B. The temperature gets 10 degrees colder.
C. The temperature gets 5 degrees warmer.
D. The temperature gets 10 degrees warmer.
+
–1014 –3
Math Content Students will solve problems involving addition and
subtraction of positive and negative numbers.
Adding and Subtracting Integers
7. Look at the number line below.
Which kind of calculation would involve moving to the left on the
number line?
A. adding zero
B. adding a positive number
C. subtracting a positive number
D. subtracting a negative number
8. Why is subtracting 5 the same as adding –5 on a number line? Why
is subtracting –5 the same as adding 5? Write out each calculation
in your answer.
9. In accounting, losses of money are often written down using red
ink, while money earned is written down using black ink. This way,
a business owner can tell just by glancing at a balance sheet
whether the business is “in the red” (has a net loss) or if it is
“in the black” (has a net profit). Imagine that a business has lost
more money than it has earned in a week. Would the total sum for
that week be written in red ink or black ink?
Does this total sum represent a positive or negative number?
Explain.
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
10. A submarine rises and sinks to different depths underwater.
Rising in depth is recorded as a positive number. Sinking in depth
is recorded as a negative number. The chart below shows the
movements of a submarine over the course of two hours.
If the submarine started out at a depth of –500 ft, what was its
final depth after the two hours? Show your work.
Review 11. Is it possible for a number to not be
negative or positive? Explain.
12. Below is a part of a number line with numbers ranging from –8
to 8.
Which two points on the number line have a difference of 6?
A. A and B
B. A and D
C. B and C
D. B and D
Time Movement (in ft)
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1. Solve by rewriting each problem as an addition problem.
a. 100 × 4 =
b. –17 × 3 =
c. –30 × 6 =
3. Find each product.
a. 5 × –10 × 2 =
b. –3 × –1 × 8 =
c. –10 × –20 × –10 =
4. A number is multiplied by –1. The prod- uct is then subtracted
from the original number. What can you conclude about the final
answer?
A. It is zero.
D. It is double the original number.
5. Look at the double number line below.
Which multiplication statement corre- sponds to –2 on this number
line?
A. –2 × 3 = –6
B. –2 × –3 = –6
C. –2 × –3 = 6
D. –2 × 6 = –12
6. A company says that it serves 47 million people every day. How
many people is that every week? Write out the problem as an
addition problem and as a multipli- cation problem.
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
12 9 6 3 0 –3 –6 –9 –12
Math Content Students will apply the rules for multiplying integers
to solve problems involving multiplication of positive and negative
numbers.
Multiplying Integers
7. Complete the multiplication tree.
8. a. Three negative numbers are multiplied together. Is the final
answer positive or negative? Explain your reasoning.
b. Four negative numbers are multiplied together. Is the final
answer positive or negative? Explain your reasoning.
×
×
× ×
3
9. A mountain climber starts his day at the top of a mountain at an
altitude of 4,000 m. During his descent, his change in altitude
averages about –150 m per hour. If he hikes for 8 hours, what is
his total change in altitude? At what altitude is he located at the
end of the 8-hour hike? Show your work.
Review 10. The diameter of the sun is about
1,391,000 km. What is this number in scientific notation?
A. 1.391 × 103
B. 1.391 × 104
C. 1.391 × 106
D. 1.391 × 107
+
+
+ +
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Use the coordinate plane below to answer questions 1 and 2.
1. Identify the coordinates for each point.
a. Point A:
b. Point B:
c. Point C:
d. Point D:
2. a. What is the name for the point at the very center of the
coordinate plane, where the two number lines meet?
b. What are the coordinates for this point?
D
C
A
B
5
4
3
2
0
1
–1
–1 1 2 3 4 5–2–3–4–5
–2
–3
–4
–5
Use the coordinate plane below to answer questions 3 and 4.
3. Plot each point on the coordinate plane.
a. Point D: (1, 5)
b. Point E: (–2, 1)
c. Point F: (3, –3)
d. Point G: (–3, 3)
4. Add –2 to the first coordinate of each point and plot this new
set of points. What do you observe?
5
4
3
2
0
1
–1
–1 1 2 3 4 5–2–3–4–5
–2
–3
–4
–5
Math Content Students will use standard notation for describing (x,
y) coordinates, plot and label points on a coordinate system, and
perform transformations on shapes in coordinate space.
Coordinate Pairs
5. Which of the following operations would cause a plotted drawing
to shrink?
A. Add 3 to both coordinates of each point.
B. Subtract 3 from both coordinates of each point.
C. Multiply both coordinates of each point by 3.
D. Divide both coordinates of each point by 3.
6. Which of the following operations would cause a plotted drawing
to rotate?
A. Add –1 to both coordinates of each point.
B. Add to both coordinates of each point.
C. Multiply both coordinates of each point by –1.
D. Multiply both coordinates of each point by .
7. a. What do the coordinates for all of the points along the
y-axis have in common?
b. What does multiplying the first coordinate of each point by zero
do to a plotted drawing?
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1 2
between two adjacent hash marks 5?
A.
B.
C.
D.
9. How is a thermometer like a number line? What do the two objects
have in common?
10. Complete the multiplication tree.
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×
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Using a Picture You can use a number line or a grid to help you
visualize a division problem.
Restating as a Multiplication Problem Multiplication and division
are inverse operations. One way to look at a division problem is to
rewrite it as a multiplication problem. Similarly, a multiplication
problem can be rewritten as an addition problem.
Rules for Dividing Integers Two rules can tell you whether the
answer to a division problem is positive or negative:
1. If the numbers have the same sign, then the answer is positive.
2. If the numbers have different signs, then the answer is
negative.
Notice that these rules are exactly the same as the rules for
multiplying integers.
Focus on: Division of Integers
Find –45 ÷ 9
–45 ÷ 9 = –5
The signs are the same, so the answer is positive.
= 11
Find the quotient 16 ÷ –2
It takes 8 arrows that are each 2 points long to cover 16 points on
the number line moving left, negative.
16 ÷ –2 = –8
Find
A grid of 39 squares can be divided into 3 groups of 13.
= 339 13
39 13
–75 = (–25) + (–25) + (–25)
Find
136 = –1(–17 + –17 + –17 + –17 + –17 + –17 + –17 + –17)
–1 multiplied by the sum of eight –17s is 136.
136 = –17 × –8 = –8136 –17
136 –17
136 –17
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1. Solve by rewriting each problem as a multiplication
problem.
a. –27 ÷ 9 =
b. –1 ÷ –1 =
a. =
b. =
–24 –8
75 –15
4. What can you conclude about the quotient of a negative number
divided by a positive number?
A. It is zero.
B. It is an even number.
C. It is a positive number.
D. It is a negative number.
5. A number is divided by –1. The quotient is then added to the
original number. What can you conclude about the final
answer?
A. It is zero.
B. It is an even number.
C. It is a positive number.
D. It is a negative number.
6. A negative number is divided by a posi- tive number, and the
quotient is then divided by a negative number. Is the final answer
positive or negative? Explain your reasoning.
Math Content Students will apply the rules for dividing integers to
solve problems involving division of positive and negative
numbers.
Division of Integers
7. Zelda has a booth at a craft fair. When her sales are greater
than her expenses, she has a positive daily profit. When her
expenses are greater than her sales, she has a negative daily
profit. The table below shows her daily profit each day of the
fair.
a. If her daily profit on Sunday is three times her daily profit on
Thursday, what will be her total profits over the four days of the
fair? Show your work.
b. What will be her average daily profit over the four days? Show
your work.
8. The fraction is equal to the fraction Use the rul es for
dividing integers to explain how this is possible.
–3 4
3 –4
Sunday ?
9. At 8 P.M., it is 0°C. The temperature drops by the same amount
every hour for 8 hours, such that the temperature at 4 A.M., is
–24°C. By how much did the temperature change each hour? Show your
work by setting up a problem using division of integers.
10. The table below shows the low tempera- ture for each day during
one week in January.
What was the average daily low tempera- ture that week? Show your
work.
Day Low Temperature
Monday –14°C
Tuesday –8°C
Wednesday 2°C
Thursday 8°C
Friday 0°C
Saturday –10°C
Sunday –13°C
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1. How many smiley faces will the 100th figure have?
B. n+2 D. All of the above
3. The steps are equal. Fill in the missing numbers and
expressions.
3
13
4. A sequence is represented by the expression –3n + 4.
a. What are the first three terms of the sequence?
b. What part of the expression makes the sequence decrease?
5. a. Fill in the missing numbers for the arithmetic
sequence.
1, , 5, , , 11, …
b. Write the expression for the sequence.
c. Use diamonds () to make a visual pat- tern that corresponds to
this sequence.
6. What is the sum of –4n – 3 and 6n + 8?
A. 9n
Operating with Sequences
a. (–9 + 6h) + (–4 – 2h) =
b. (4 – 2c) + = (–2 + 5c)
8. Fill in the missing numbers and expressions.
9. Rewrite the following expression to be as short as
possible.
(8 + b) + b + (–2+ b) + (1 + 2b)
10. The American Civil War began in 1861, and World War II ended in
1945. How many years are between 1861 and 1945?
A. 84 C. 116
B. 106 D. 124
6 + 3x
18 180
4 – x
11. Let n be the year the United States entered World War II. The
year the war started was (n – 2). The year the war ended was (n +
4). How many years long was the war?
12. What is the missing expression?
a. 6(–1 + 2x) =
Review 13. There are 20 students in Mrs. Xavier’s
class. She needed two helpers, so she ran- domly drew a name out of
a hat and picked Michiko. Then, without replacing the name, she
drew a second name. What is the probability that Shawn will be a
helper?
14. A baseball player calculates that the probability of his
hitting a ball when he is up to bat is 29%. About how many balls
does he expect to hit if, during the season, he bats 42
times?
n-3
n-2
n-1
n
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1. A swimming pool is 3 ft deep at the shal- low end. For each step
Juanita takes towards the other end, the pool is about 0.25 ft
deeper. Juanita records this infor- mation as the following
equation.
D = 3 + 0.25S
a. What does the D in the formula stand for?
b. What does the S in the formula stand for?
c. Complete the following table that fits the formula D = 3 +
0.25S.
d. Use the table to draw a graph that fits the formula D = 3 +
0.25S.
S 0 1 2 3 6
D (in ft) 6.5
a. y = 6 – 2x
b. y = 2(3 – 2x)
c. If you graphed both equations on a coordinate system, how would
the graphs compare?
3. Which of the following equations will not have a graph that is a
straight line?
A. y = 8x C. y = 8x – 2
B. y = x D. y = 8x21 8
x y
Slope
4.
b. Why does one graph appear steeper than the other?
5. Find an equation of the straight line with x-intercept 3 and
y-intercept 4.
1
1
b. What is the y-intercept?
c. What is the x-intercept?
d. Write the equation of the line.
Review 7. Which of the following expressions is
equivalent to 7(9 – 2d)?
A. 63 – 2d C. 7 × 9 + 7 × 2 + 7 × d
B. 16 – 9d D. 63 – 14d
8. What is (5f + 4) – (2f – 8)?
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1. The chart shows the number of milks and orange juices bought
during a 7-day fundraiser in Mr. Jackson’s class.
a. In the last column of the chart, com- plete the values of M +
J.
b. Use a line graph to show the number of milks sold, and label the
graph M.
c. Use a line graph to show the number of orange juices sold, and
label the graph J.
d. Use a line graph to show M + J.
Day Milk (M) Orange Juice (J) M + J
1 5 10
2 2 9
3 3 6
4 8 2
5 9 4
6 1 8
7 4 8
10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2. You are on a boat at the lake. The boat is traveling at 36 km/hr
pulling a skier. You walk from the back of the boat to the front of
the boat at 6 km/hr.
The graph, B, of y = 36x represents the distance the boat travels,
and the graph, P, of y = 6x represents the distance you travel each
hour.
a. What is the equation for B + P?
b. What is the slope of the graph of B + P?
c. What does this slope represent?
3. Which equation would represent 2G?
A. y = 2x + 1 C. y = 4x + 1
B. y = 4x - 2 D. y = 2x – 2
G
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Math Content Students will translate among different mathematical
representations and make and interpret graphs in a coordinate
system.
Adding Graphs
4. a. Using the graph of lines A and B below, draw the sum graph, A
+ B.
b. What points did the graphs of A and B have in common?
c. Does A + B have the same points? Why or why not?
5. Graphs F and M intersect at point (4, 5). Explain why the graph
of (F + M) intersects F and M at (4, 5), too.
1 2
0 1
6. Graph A corresponds to y = x – 5.
Graph B corresponds to y = x + 3.
Which equation represents the graph of A + B?
A. y = 4x C. y = x + 8
B. y = x – 2 D. y = 4x – 2
7. Graph W corresponds to y = 6 – 9x. Write an equation that
corresponds to W.
Review 8. Which equation represents the following
graph?
9. What is (–6d + 3) + (d – 10)?
3 4
1 3
1 4
7 8
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1. When using the cover method to solve the equation 5(x + 2) = 20,
what is the value of x + 2?
A. 2 C. 5
B. 4 D. 20
2. Tariku babysits and calculates her fee by using the formula F =
5 + 8H.
a. What do you think F and H mean?
b. What is the meaning of each number in the formula?
c. Hosea also babysits, and he simply charges $10 per hour. Write
an equa- tion for Hosea’s fee.
d. Draw the graphs from both formulas. Label them A and H.
e. Your mom says that Hosea is more expensive than Tariku. What is
your comment?
3. Cell phone company S charges $25 a month. Cell phone company T
charges $20 a month plus $0.50 per call. The graph represents the
charges for each company. What does the intersection point of the
graphs represent?
4. Use the specified method to solve the equation.
48 + 6n = 24 – 2n
a. Balance Method
b. Difference-is-0 Method
c. Why do you get the same solution using either method?
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
T S
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4 + 3x = 3x + 10
b. What does the solution tell you about the graph?
Review 6. The table corresponds to a linear graph.
What is the slope of the graph?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 10
x y
–3 –18
–1 –8
1 2
3 12
5 22
7. Let graph A be represented by the equa- tion y = –2x + 6, and
graph B be represented by the equation y = 3x – 4.
a. Write the equation that represents A + B.
b. Graph A, B, and A + B. Be sure to label each graph.
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1. Three triangles are shown below.
a. For the perimeter P of the first trian- gle, the formula is P =
3a. Explain this formula.
b. What is the formula for perimeter Q?
c. What is the formula for perimeter R?
a a
b c
Perimeter = R
2. This is a cross figure. The sum of the lengths x and y is 10
feet.
What is the perimeter of the figure?
3. Which is the formula for the area of the figure?
A. A = w + 2z + xy
B. A = 2z + 2w + 2x
C. A = zw – xy
D. A = zw + xy
z
z
Math Content Students will write expressions and find area and
perimeter.
Formulas for Perimeters and Areas
4. Use the picture to find the equivalent expressions.
A. (a + j)(m + n) = am + jm + an + jn
B. (a + j)(m + n) = am + jn
C. (a + j)(m + n) = a2 + jn + jm
D. (a + j)(m + n) = am2 + jn2 + an + jm
5. a. Draw a picture to show r(s + t).
b. Draw a picture to show rs + rt.
c. Explain why these expressions are equivalent.
d. Calculate rs + rt if r = 15 and s + t = 21.
a
m
n
j
Review 6.
Which part of the difference graph shows the point of intersection
for A and B?
A. slope
C. x-intercept
D. y-intercept
7. A line has slope –5 and y-intercept of 120. What is the
x-intercept?
20
40
20
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Solving One-Step Equations To solve an equation, isolate the
variable on one side of the equation. The Addition Property of
Equality and the Multiplication Property of Equality state that you
can add (or subtract) and multiply (or divide) each side of the
equation by the same number or expression without chang- ing the
solution. Always check your solution by substituting it into the
original equation.
Solving Multi-Step Equations Some equations require more than one
step to solve. For these equations, follow the steps below.
Step 1 Simplify Each Side If there are parentheses, use the
Distribution Rule to write an equivalent expression. Rewrite the
expressions on each side of the equation to be as short as
possible.
Step 2 Gather All Variable Terms on One Side If there are variable
terms on both sides of the equation, move one of the terms to the
other side of the equation by adding or subtracting it from both
sides. Rewrite the expressions on each side of the equation to be
as short as possible.
Step 3 Isolate the Variable Add or subtract numeric terms so that
the variable term is by itself on one side. Multiply or divide by
the coefficient of the variable term to get an equation of the form
“x = a number.” Simplify the resulting number, if necessary.
Step 4 Check the Answer Substitute the solution into the original
equation and see if it works.
Focus On: Solving Equations
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x = –10.3
6(k – 4) – 2k = k + 9
6k – 24 – 2k = k + 9 (Step 1) 4k – 24 = k + 9
4k – k – 24 = k – k + 9 (Step 2) 3k – 24 = 9
3k – 24 + 24 = 9 + 24 (Step 3) 3k = 33
=
k = 11
6(11 – 4) – 2(11) = 11 + 9 (Step 4) 66 – 24 – 22 = 20
20 = 20 (check)
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1. Solve x = –12.
2. Which step should you take to solve the equation x – 5.6 =
1.02?
A. Add 5.6 to each side.
B. Subtract 5.6 from each side.
C. Multiply each side by –5.6.
D. Divide each side by –5.6.
3. James has 6 times as many stamps as Bryah. Together they have
224 stamps.
a. Choose a variable to represent the number of stamps that Bryah
has.
b. Write an expression for the number of stamps that James has. Use
the same variable from part (a).
c. Write an equation for the total number of stamps that the boys
have. Then solve the equation.
d. How many stamps does Bryah have?
e. How many stamps does James have?
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–3(5p + 24) + 9 = 2(3 – 2p) – 12
5. What is the solution to the following equation?
16.3 – 7.2b = –8.18
B. b = 3.4 D. b = – 812 720
812 720
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6. A student completes several steps and comes up with the equation
5x = 2x. The student then divides each side by x, get- ting 5 = 2.
He says that there is no solution. Solve the equation to show why
the student was incorrect.
7. a. Solve 2(x + 3) + 4 = 2(x + 5)
b. What does the solution tell you? For what values of x is the
equation true?
8. A friend tells you that the simplest way to solve the equation
below is to multiply each side by 100.
0.05(q + 2) + 0.1q = 2
a. Show the equation that results from multiplying by 100.
b. Why is this a mathematically accept- able step?
c. Why might some see this strategy as helpful?
9. Which equation is not a step in solving the following
equation?
19 – (2x + 3) = 2(x + 3) + x
A. 16 = 5x + 6
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