Teaching Algebra with Manipulatives

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Algebra Activity
(Use with Algebra 1, Lesson 3-8)
Mixture Problems
Illustrate each problem using the diagrams below. Then complete
the chart, write an equation, and solve each problem.
1. Nancy’s Nut Shop sells cashews for $3.10 per pound and peanuts for
$1.95 per pound. How many pounds of peanuts must be added to
15 pounds of cashews to make a mix that sells for $2.70 per pound?
2. Anna has 4 times as many nickels as dimes in her bank. Her bank
contains $7.20. How many nickels and dimes are in Anna’s bank?
3. Carmen sold play tickets. Each adult ticket cost $4.00 and each student
ticket cost $2.00. The total number of tickets sold was 260, and the total
income was $700.00. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?
4. David sold carnival tickets for his school fund raiser. Adult tickets cost
$2.50 and student tickets cost $1.50. If David collected $396.00 selling
twice as many student tickets as adult tickets, how many of each kind
of ticket did he sell?
Algebra 1—Chapter 3
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