Transcript Bell Ringer Week of September 23

Bell Ringer
Week of February 17-21, 2014
Created by: Shavonne Burrows, EdS
Monday, February 17, 2014
Gail began the day with 12 coins in her
pocket. She then used three coins for each
of two one-way bus tickets. She used two
more coins to buy a newspaper. To find the
number of coins left in her pocket, Gail
used the expression 12 − (3 × 2) − 2.
How many coins did she have left?
Answer for Monday, February 17, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
An aquarium has a fish tank in the shape
of a rectangular prism. The volume of a
rectangular prism can be found using the
formula V = lwh, where l = length, w =
width, and h = height. What is the volume
of the aquarium’s fish tank if the tank’s
length is 4 ft, its width is 1.5 ft, and its
height is 1.5 ft?
Answer for Tuesday, February 18,2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Write an expression
that is equivalent to
b + b + b + b?
Answer for Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
The United States House of Representatives has
35 more members than four times the number
of members in the United States Senate.
Define a variable and write an expression to
represent the number of members in the House
of Representatives. Then find the number of
members in the House of Representatives, if
there are 100 members in the Senate.
Answer for Thursday, February 20, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Define a variable and write each phrase as an
algebraic expression
Six years less than Tracey’s age
Answer for Friday, February 21, 2014