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Four people have these amounts of money: x, 2x, x + 12, and x – 3
• Write an algebraic expression that gives the total amount of money they have.
• Write an expression that gives each person’s share if they share the money equally.
• Write an expression that gives the total remaining if each person spends $15.

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For the patterns below: (1) Draw the next two steps. (2) Predict how many squares will be in the 10th step. (3) Determine a way to predict the number of squares in any given step. Make sure to connect your reasoning to the diagram.

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Create your own “growing pattern” and a corresponding method for calculating the number of objects at any given step of your pattern. Be sure to explain the process you used to create it.

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In January, Frank ate 12 pieces of pizza and Dave ate 15 pieces. “I ate 1⁄4 more,” said Dave. “No! I ate 1/5 less,” argued Frank. Who is right?

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The big dog weighs 5 times as much as the little dog. The little dog weighs 2/3 as much as the medium sized dog. The medium sized dog weighs 12 more pounds than the little dog. How much does each dog weigh?

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A four-member relay team swam the 400-meter freestyle relay in a total time of 4:13 (4 minutes, 13 seconds). The second swimmer was 3.5 seconds slower than the first swimmer, the third swimmer was 1 second slower than the first swimmer, and the anchor (last) swimmer was the fastest, 1.5 seconds faster than the first swimmer. What was the time of each swimmer?

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Pretend you have a little dog who is as high as your knee when standing on all four feet. If you were a giant, 12 feet tall, how high would your dog be if he still came up to your knee?