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$100 Question from Patterns$100 Question from Patterns

The 5th number in the pattern

400, 200, 100, ……

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What is 25?

$200 Question from Patterns$200 Question from Patterns

The rule used to make the pattern

1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127

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What is times two plus one?

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A store is having a goingout of business sale. Thechart shows the discount

They are giving each week.

If this pattern continues,what will the discount be

in week 6?

WEEKWEEK DISCOUNDISCOUNTT

11 5%5%

22 10%10%

33 20%20%

44 35%35%

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What is 80%?

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The rule used to make this pattern

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What is times two (x2)?

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The next number in the pattern

10, 20, 31, 43, 56, ____

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What is 70?

$100 Question from $100 Question from EquationsEquations

The solution to x + 34 = 100

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What is x = 66

$200 Question from $200 Question from EquationsEquations

The solution to x-28 = 100

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What is 128?

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The solution to 3x = 18

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What is x = 6

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The solution to 45 + x = 96

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What is x = 51

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The equation for the following problem:

Bill saved a total of $45 for 9 weeks. The equation for this problem will have x for the

Amount he saved each week.

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What is 9x = 45?

$100 Question from $100 Question from Rates of ChangeRates of Change

DOUBLE JEOPARDYDOUBLE JEOPARDYLucille walked 4 miles in 1 hour. At the

same rate, how many minutes will it take her to walk 2 miles?

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What is 30 minutes?

$200 Question from $200 Question from Rates of ChangeRates of Change

Billy Bob puts the same amount ofMoney in his bank account every week.

At the end of 12 weeks he had put$36 in to the account. This is how much money

Billy Bob put in his account each week

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What is $3?

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The temperature was 75 degrees at noon.This is the temperature at 5pm if the

temperature went up 2 degrees every hour.

$300 Answer from $300 Answer from Rates of ChangeRates of Change

What is 85 degrees?

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Vance uses 2 cups of flour forEach loaf of banana bread. He can make this

Many loaves from 30 cups of flour.

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What is 15 loaves?

$500 Question from $500 Question from Rates of ChangeRates of Change

Harold saved three dollars every week.He stopped saving and had thirty three dollars.

This is how many weeks he saved money.

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What is 11 weeks?

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George has an album for his baseball cards. The album holds up to 85 cards. Georgehas collected 26 cards so far. This is the

equation for finding how many more cardsWill fit in the album.

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What is 85 – 26 = x?or

What is 26 + x = 85?or

What is x + 26 = 85?

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You must be at least 48 inches or taller to ride the Drop Zone at Carowinds. This is the

inequality that describes the height, h, of people who CAN ride the Drop Zone

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What is h > 48?

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Rhiannon kept a chart to showHow many pages she read each

day. This is how many pagesshe will read on the eleventh

day if she continues this pattern.

DayDay Pages Pages ReadRead

11 66

22 1111

33 1616

44 2121

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What is 56 pages?

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The number in this pattern that is wrongand the change to correct the pattern.

2 4 8 14 32 64

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What is replace the 14 with 16?

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Paul weighs more than two timesas much as Edward. If Edward weighs70 pounds, this is the inequality that

represents Paul’s weight (HINT: makePaul’s weight p)

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What is p > 140

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Karen makes birdhouses using twigs.She needs 63 twigs to make one birdhouse.

This is how many twigs she will need tomake 10 birdhouses.

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What is 630 twigs?

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This is the name for a letter that isan unknown amount in an algebraic

expression or equation.

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What is a variable?

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Kelly makes Kool-Aid using four cupsof water for each packet. This is the expression that tells how much waterhe should use for p packs of Kool-Aid.

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What is 4 X por

What is 4p?

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WeekWeek AllowanceAllowance Total Total EarnedEarned

TotalTotal

SavedSaved

11 $3$3 $3$3 $8$8

22 $3$3 $6$6 $11$11

33 $3$3 $9$9 $14$14

Karen has $5 saved, butwants a Bratz doll that costs$21. She gets $3 a week inallowance.

This is the number of weeks it will take her to have enoughmoney to buy the doll.

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What is 6 weeks?

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The next ordered pair:

(1,3) (2,12) (3, 48) (4, 192) (?,?)

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What is (5,768)?

Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy

This is the number of pencils ordered on the

100th day.

DayDay Pencils OrderedPencils Ordered

11 55

22 77

33 99

44 1111

Final Jeopardy AnswerFinal Jeopardy Answer

What is 203 pencils?

(the rule is x 2+3)