I need to ALGEBRA-FY a problem. This requires changing a mathematical word problem into a algebra word problem that has an equation such as arithmetic or recursive?

So an example given to change a problem is:

Traditional Arithmetic Problem
Jack wants to save up to buy ______ that costs $35. He makes $5 per hour babysitting. How many hours will he need to work in order to buy the _____.
Algebra-fied Arithmetic Problem
Suppose the price of the ____ is on sale for $30, or Jack decides to purchase a more expensive one at $45. If you want to stress multiplying by 7, give Jack a raise to $7 per hour

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I need to ALGEBRA-FY a problem. This requires changing a mathematical word problem into a algebra word problem that has an equation such as arithmetic or recursive?

So an example given to change a problem is:

Traditional Arithmetic Problem
Jack wants to save up to buy ______ that costs $35. He makes $5 per hour babysitting. How many hours will he need to work in order to buy the _____.
Algebra-fied Arithmetic Problem
Suppose the price of the ____ is on sale for $30, or Jack decides to purchase a more expensive one at $45. If you want to stress multiplying by 7, give Jack a raise to $7 per hour

anonymous · Answer

Math and algebra are different???

No matter...state your problem so we can look at it.

anonymous · Answer

So an example given to change a problem is:

Traditional Arithmetic Problem
Jack wants to save up to buy ______ that costs $35. He makes $5 per hour babysitting. How many hours will he need to work in order to buy the _____.
Algebra-fied Arithmetic Problem
Suppose the price of the ____ is on sale for $30, or Jack decides to purchase a more expensive one at $45. If you want to stress multiplying by 7, give Jack a raise to $7 per hour

anonymous · Answer

Traditional Arithmetic Problem:
Jack wants to save up to buy ______ that costs $35. He makes $5 per hour babysitting. How many hours will he need to work in order to buy the _____.

Sounds like algebra to me. Let "x" be "how many hours do I have to babysit these brats" before I can buy my ___?

The answer is:

x=35/5

So it looks like Jack has 7 more brat-filled hours of joy to go...

Algebra-fied Arithmetic Problem:
Suppose the price of the ____ is on sale for $30, or Jack decides to purchase a more expensive one at $45. If you want to stress multiplying by 7, give Jack a raise to $7 per hour

This isn't algebrecation, they're just variations on the last problem.


If ___ remains on sale for 30$, Jack only has to babysit for 30/5 hours.

If Jack wants the more expensive unit, he has to babysit for 45/5 hours.

If Jack gets a raise to $7/hour, then the $35 unit will take 35/7 hours to get, if it goes and stays on sale at 30 it will take him 30/7 to get it, and if he wants the more expensive unit then he'll need to work 45/7 hours.

espex · Answer

Yeah, agreed. You could easily create an algebraic expression for each of those.

anonymous · Answer

okay thank you

anonymous · Answer

No problem! Glad I could help!