Example 1 1.

CRAFTS A quilt is made using different-sized groups of square patches as

(p. 25) shown below. Use the four-step plan to determine how many square
patches it will take to create the 10th figure in this pattern.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Example 2 ART For Exercises 2 and 3, use the following information.

(p. 26)
The number of paintings an artist produced during her first Paintings
four years as a professional is shown in the table at the right. Year
Produced
2. About how many more paintings did she produce 1 59
in the last two years than in the first two years? 2 34
3. Estimate the total number of paintings the artist 3 91
has produced. 4 20

(/-%7/2+ (%,0 Use the four-step plan to solve each problem.

Second and Elm
For See 4. TRAVEL The table shows a portion of the bus Bus Schedule
Exercises Examples schedule for the bus stop at the corner of Second
4–5 1 Street and Elm Street. What is the earliest time 6:40 A.M.
6:58 A.M.
6–7 2 that Tyler can catch the bus if he cannot make it 7:16 A.M.
to the bus stop before 9:30 A.M.? 7:34 A.M.
7:52 A.M.
5. HOBBIES Owen fills his bird feeder with 4 pounds 8:10 A.M.
of sunflower seeds on Sunday morning. On
Thursday morning, the bird feeder was empty,
so he filled it again. The following Saturday, the seeds were half gone.
If this feeding pattern continues, on what day will Owen need to fill
his feeder?

6. FIELD TRIP Two 8th-grade teams, the Tigers and the Waves, are going
to Washington, D.C. There are 123 students and 4 teachers on the Tigers
team and 115 students and 4 teachers on the Waves team. If one bus holds
64 people, how many buses are needed for the trip?

7. HISTORY In 1803, the United States

acquired the Louisiana Purchase from
France for $15 million. The area of
Louisiana
this purchase was 828,000 square Non-U.S. or Purchase United
Disputed States
miles. If one square mile is equal to Territories 1803
640 acres, about how much did the
United States pay for the Louisiana
Purchase per acre?

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