“Reuse, Reduce, Recycle”
In your own little way, be environmentally friendly by reducing waste materials
in your house. Follow the steps and answer the questions.

1) Estimate the usual volume of the garbage in your household and write
a polynomial to represent it.
2) What waste do you usually throw away that can be reused or recycled?

List down as many as you can.
3) Write a polynomial to show the reduced volume when you reuse and
recycle.

4) Write a mathematical problem to show how you reduced waste materials
by using the polynomials you wrote in Nos.2 & 3. Follow the pattern of
the problem below:

The usual volume of a household’s garbage is ____. A family member decided
to reuse and recycle to be able to reduce the volume to _____. Factor out the
volume. Show your solution.