7th Math Unit 1 Day 7 Reteach 9/8

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12 questions
Objective and Summary:
SWBAT identify the value that relates the quantities x and y as the constant of proportionality and recognize it as the unit rate
Level 1
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Shoe Sale--Mr. Mancini has noticed that there is competition for his Air Mancinis, so Mancini Mart is now selling shoes for a discounted price:


a) What is the constant of proportionality? What does it mean in the context of this problem?

CFS
#1: Accurately computes and identifies constant of proportionality
#2: Accurately uses constant of proportionality to extend pattern

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Shoe Sale--Mr. Mancini has noticed that there is competition for his Air Mancinis, so Mancini Mart is now selling shoes for a discounted price:


b) Camila decides to buy 9 pairs of Air Mancinis for herself and relatives. Find the total cost and explain your reasoning.

CFS
#1: Accurately computes and identifies constant of proportionality
#2: Accurately uses constant of proportionality to extend pattern

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Top Chef—Vanessa woke up and decided she wanted to have omelettes for breakfast. She found a recipe that uses 7 eggs to make 2 omelettes.
  1. Do you think there is a proportional relationship between the number of eggs and omelettes? If so, what is the constant of proportionality?

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Top Chef—Vanessa woke up and decided she wanted to have omelettes for breakfast. She found a recipe that uses 7 eggs to make 2 omelettes.
  1. Using the same recipe, how many eggs would Vanessa need to make 16 omelettes? Explain how you got your answer by using math vocabulary.

Level 2
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Seasoning--Mr. Espinoza's favorite steak recipe uses 3.5 teaspoons of salt to season 2 pounds of steak.

How much salt would he need to season 5 pounds of steak? Explain.

CFS
#1: Accurately computes and identifies constant of proportionality
#2: Accurately uses constant of proportionality to extend pattern

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Trips—Each school year, ninth graders at KIPP: Collegiate go on a field trip to the zoo. The table below shows the total cost of the trip for three different years.


a. Is the price the school pays each year proportional to the number of students entering the zoo?

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Trips—Each school year, ninth graders at KIPP: Collegiate go on a field trip to the zoo. The table below shows the total cost of the trip for three different years.


b. What would the school pay if 120 students entered the zoo?

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Level 3

Baking Cookies—Scott came home from school and told his parents that he had volunteered to make cookies for everyone in the seventh grade. He needs 3 cookies for each of the 102 students in seventh grade. Scott and his parents figured out that they can fit 36 cookies on 2 baking sheets.
  1. Is the number of cookies proportional to the number of baking sheets used? Complete the following table and determine if there is a constant of proportionality.
  2. Explain the meaning of the constant of proportionality in this problem

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Level 3

Baking Cookies—Scott came home from school and told his parents that he had volunteered to make cookies for everyone in the seventh grade. He needs 3 cookies for each of the 102 students in seventh grade. Scott and his parents figured out that they can fit 36 cookies on 2 baking sheets.
  1. It takes 2 hours to bake 8 sheets of cookies. If Scott and his parents begin baking at 4:00 pm, when will they finish baking all the cookies?

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Yay Faulkners!—Fabian and Adam are buying Capri Suns for a class party. The salesperson at Wafesay gave them a table of costs below:


a. How much does a Capri Sun cost per person?

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Yay Faulkners!—Fabian and Adam are buying Capri Suns for a class party. The salesperson at Wafesay gave them a table of costs below:


b. What does the constant of proportionality mean in the context of the problem?
CFS
#1: Accurately computes and identifies constant of proportionality

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Yay Faulkners!—Fabian and Adam are buying Capri Suns for a class party. The salesperson at Wafesay gave them a table of costs below:


c. If there are 35 students in the homeroom, how much money would Fabian and Adam have to spend to make sure each student gets a Capri Sun? Explain how you found your answer with a complete sentence.

Good work! You can work on the following...
Find Constant Proportionality
Equations for Proportional Relationships
Graphing Proportional Relationships

Unit Rates Practice

HW Practice:
Long Division