HOMEWORK JOURNAL WEEK #7 PROBLEMS

ALGEBRA 1A
Choice 1:
Students are selling cookies at the school. Sara
is selling three chocolate chip cookies for
$2.49.
a) If you wanted to buy one cookie from Sara,
how much would it cost?
b) How much would it cost to buy 20 of Saras
cookies?
c) John is selling seven chocolate chip cookies
for $5.39. If you want to buy seven cookies,
who has the better price, Sara or John?
Explain why.

Choice 2:
A cake recipe says to use 3 cups of flour and 2
eggs.
a) If you wanted to increase the recipe and use
9 cups of flour, how many eggs would you
need?
b) What is the ratio of flour to eggs?
c) How much flour would you use if you only
had one egg?

Choice 3:
A bus travels 176 miles on 8 gallons of
gasoline.
a) How far can it go on a full tank of gasoline if
the tank holds 20 gallons?
b) Fill in this table to show how many miles
travelled for each gallon of gas.
Gallons
of Gas
Miles
Travelle
d

10

12

14

176

c) Is this a proportional relationship? Explain

why.