A supermarket is having its grand opening on Saturday morning. Every fifth
customer will receive a $10 coupon for a free turkey. Every seventh customer
will receive a $3 coupon for 2 gallons of ice cream. You are the manager of
the store and you expect 400 customers. How many of each type of coupon
should you plan to give away?
You and your friend are at a football game. The stadium is 4 miles from your
home. You each brought $5 to spend on refreshments. During the third quarter
of the game, you say, “I read that the greatest distance that a baseball has been
thrown is 445 feet 10 inches.” Your friend says, “That’s about one and a half
times the length of the football field.” Is your friend correct?
You are visiting your cousin who lives in the city. To get back home, you take a
taxi. The taxi charges $2.10 for the first mile and $0.90 for each additional mile.
After riding 13 miles, you decide that the fare is going to be more than the $20
you have with you. So, you tell the driver to stop and let you out. Then you call
a friend and ask your friend to come pick you up. After paying the driver, how
much of your $20 is left?
IN YOUR OWN WORDS How does rewriting a word problem help
you solve the word problem?