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Analyzing Cost-Effective Choices in Snacks and Sports Ratios

This document presents a series of math problems involving cost analysis and ratios within different contexts. It includes examples comparing prices of birdseed and chocolate, along with inquiries about football team compositions. Readers will explore better deals based on unit pricing for snacks and solve ratio problems to find the number of juniors and seniors on a high school football team. Each question encourages detailed work to arrive at the correct answers.

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Analyzing Cost-Effective Choices in Snacks and Sports Ratios

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  1. . Monday Jan 28 A 12-ounce bag of birdseed costs $3.12. A 16-ounce bag of birdseed costs $3.84. Which is the better deal? How much money per ounce would you save by buying that size bag instead of the other? There are 60 players on a high school football team. The ratio of juniors and seniors to freshmen and sophomores on the team is 2:3. The ratio of juniors to seniors on the team is 1:2. How many juniors are on the team? How many seniors?

  2. Tuesday Feb 05 Show all work!!! A candy store sells 2 ounces of chocolate for $0.80 and 3 ounces of chocolate for $0.90. How much does the store charge per ounce for the 2 ounces of chocolate? How much does the store charge per ounce for the 3 ounces of chocolate? Which is the better deal? A 6-ounce bag of raisins costs $2.46. An 8-ounce bag of raisins costs $3.20. Which is the better deal? Barry earns $36.00 for 6 hours of yard work. Henry earns $24.00 for 3 hours of yard work. Who has the better hourly rate of pay?

  3. Wednesday Feb 06 Show All Work !!!

  4. Thursday Feb 01 Which of these expressions shows a correct way to set up the slope formula for the line that passes through the points (3, 6) and (-7, -4)? Which fraction shows a correct way to set up the slope formula for the line containing (2, -4) and (-6, 1)? What is the slope of the line that passes through (-4, 5) and (2, -3)?

  5. Friday Feb 08 (-1, 6) and (-4, 10) (6, -1) and (-4, 10) (-1, 6) and (10, -4) (6, -1) and (10, -4) What is the ratio of rise to run between the points (-2, 8) and (4, -3)? What is the ratio of rise to run between the points (-10, 9) and (6, 5)?

  6. Monday-The 16-ounce bag; I would save $0.02 per ounce. There are 8 juniors and 16 seniors on the team Tuesday- $0.40; $0.30; the 3 ounces of chocolate the 8-ounce bag Henry Wednesday- 79:47, 118:78 or 59:39, iron neutrons to tin electrons Thursday- Friday- (-1, 6) and (-4, 10)

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