Performance Task 1
Directions: Solve the following worded problems. Show your solutions in a seperate sheet of paper.
1. Maria bought 8x+20 chocolates for her 4 siblings. How many candies are for each of her children?
2. The product of two consecutive integers is 21. Find the numbers
3. The width of a rectangle is 7 meters less than twice its length. Its area is 30 square meters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. Maria bought chocolate, not candles.
2. 3 and 7
3.The length is 6 the width is 5, the area will be 30 m², therefore, the width is 7 meters less than twice the length, the length is 6, so twice 6 is 12, the width is 5, therefore the width is 7 less than twice the length, so the w is 5 and the length is 6.