The Half Plus 7 Rule says you can’t date anyone younger than seven years more than half your age.

Donald Trump shouldn’t date anybody under 39 years old. How old is he?

The original iPhone cost $399. You paid $59 per month.

How long til you spent $500? $2000?The iPhone 3G costs $199. You pay $69 per month. How long til you spent $500? $2000?Which was a better deal?

And then $35 per hour.

a) How much would 9 hours cost?b) You have $1,000 for your concert. How many hours will that buy you?

You are organizing a concert, for which you need a smoke machine.You pay a $50 one-time fee.

Metropolis Mobile charges you $35 for a pay-as-you-go phone

and 20 cents a minute.

a) Cellular West charges you $5 for a pay-as-you-go phone

and 80 cents a minute.

Which is a better deal?

Bea Jo’s Pizza costs $10.25 for a large pizza, plus $1.75 per topping.

Write an equation for the cost of a large pizza

If you spent $19.00 on pizza, how many toppings did you get?

• When you graduate from college, your first job pays $36,500 per year. Your boss is pretty impressed with you, so your second year, you get a raise to $38,600. The third year - $40,700. Year 4: $42,800.

• What is the rate your salary changes each year?

• If your salary continues to increase at the same rate each year, what will you be making by the 7th year on the job?

Year Salary

1 $36,500

2 $38,600

3 $40,700

4 $42,800

You’re in charge of setting up chairs for the school dance show. You were told to set up 20% more chairs than the number of tickets sold. If they sold 130 tickets, how many chairs do you need to set up?a) 26 chairsb) 104 chairsc) 150 chairsd) 156 chairs