Name _____ Date __
DOLLAR DILEMMA
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1.What is the cost of
Squealy’s flip-flops? ___
2.How did you figure out the cost of Squealy’s flip-flops?
3.What is the cost of Ziggy’s flip-flops? ___
4.What is the cost of Curly’s flip-flops? ___
PROBLEM
(^2) What is the cost of each dog’s flip-flops?
Use the facts to figure out the costs.
FACTS:
A) Curly’s flip-flops cost $7 plus twice
the cost of Ziggy’s flip-flops.
B) Ziggy’s flip-flops cost half as much
as Squealy’s flip-flops.
C) Squealy’s flip-flops cost $8 plus the
cost of Porky’s flip-flops.
D) Porky’s flip-flops cost $16.
Ziggy
Porky
Curly
Squealy
Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Gr
. 5
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Ima Thinker
I’ll start with that
fact that gives
the cost of Porky’s
flip-flops.
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