U3 Ch2: Working with Equations and Challenges to Savings (2025)

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Section 1: Why is Saving so Difficult?
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Choose one of the resources below:
VIDEO: 3 Sneaky Tactics that Websites Use to Make You Spend
ARTICLE: Do People Really Spend More With Credit Cards?
CARTOON: Present Bias
ARTICLE: How Social Media Can Impact Your Financial and Mental Health
INFOGRAPHIC: Saving for Sooner
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Section 2: Data Analysis
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INFOGRAPHIC: Who Has Enough Cash to Get Through the Coronavirus Crisis?
Experts recommend having an emergency fund to cover 3-6 months of expenses, as a cushion for unexpected income changes. How long does it take different families to build up enough savings to cover 1 month of expenses?
Review the infographic in the first section of this article. Stop reading at “Do you have enough money saved to weather this pandemic?”
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Section 3: Living Paycheck to Paycheck
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Read the paragraph and orange box above this question. Then answer the question

Click on the link here: playspent.org then follow the directions on the PDF
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Type your five adjectives below (use 5 from the list or add your own)

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Section 4: Standard Form of an Equation
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You can work with someone on this or do it on your own

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Your answers for x and y should be descriptions of what they stand for (months, days, miles, time, total amount of money, etc. etc. ), not numbers

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Section 5: Five Point Quiz
Ask Mrs Butler to unlock the 5 pt quiz when you are ready

5 Point Quiz Link
Section 6: Manipulating Equations
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Just solve for x, you don't need to do the reasoning part

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Just solve for b, you don't need to do the reasoning part

Remember: "Solve" just means get it by itself!

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If you need some more help, try this video or the example above this question. Still stuck? Ask Mrs. B!!

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IXL Practice will be posted here
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Complete the practice below on IXL. It is helpful to go to classlink and log in first, then click the link below or use the search code. Work on it until you get a Smart Score of 75. If you are doing tons of problems, don't just keep doing it, ask Mrs. B for help!!

M.16 Solve multi-step equations. Shortcut Search Code: 55K

What was your Smart Score?

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Complete the practice below on IXL. It is helpful to go to classlink and log in first, then click the link below or use the search code. Work on it until you get a Smart Score of 75. If you are doing tons of problems, don't just keep doing it, ask Mrs. B for help!!

M.17 Solve multi-step equations with fractional coefficients - Shortcut Search Code 2AZ

What was your Smart Score?

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Complete the practice below on IXL. It is helpful to go to classlink and log in first, then click the link below or use the search code. Work on it until you get a Smart Score of 75. If you are doing tons of problems, don't just keep doing it, ask Mrs. B for help!!

B.4 Rearrange multi-variable equations - Shortcut Search Code LZD

What was your Smart Score?

This is not really a 5pt practice, just some extra examples in case you want to try them on your own before the Apply It!
Section 7: Creating a System
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Ask Mrs. B to check your equations, then graph them on desmos and insert the screenshot below. Don't delete the graph yet, you will need it for the next few questions

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Critical Thinking!

Section 8: Apply It Preview & Apply It
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IXL Simple Interest Practice (Note: In the IXL, you have to divide the % by 100 FIRST to make it a decimal. When you get to the apply it, this is built in to the formula)

I.10 Simple interest - Shortcut Search Code YAT

SmartScore Goal = 75. What did you get?

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You invest a total of $10,000 in two savings accounts. One is a regular bank savings with an annual interest rate of .45% simple interest. One is a High Yield savings account with an annual interest rate of 3.7% simple interest. (Note: this is not how it really works, I just simplified for the problem). The total interest for the year from both accounts is $305. How much did you put in each account?


What does x stand for? _______
What does y stand for? _______

Write an equation to show what you know about the total amount in the accounts. _______

Write an equation to show the total amount of interest earned for the year from both accounts. _______


Graph the equations on desmos, insert your screenshot in the Show Your Work Box

How much did you put in each account?
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High Yield _______

How do you know?
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Apply It