Use the four-step plan to solve each problem.

8. SCHOOL SUPPLIES A bookstore sells pens for $0.45 and writing tablets for
$0.85. How many pens and tablets could you buy for exactly $2.15?

9. JOBS John stocks the vending machines at Rose Hill Elementary every
9 school days and Nassaux Intermediate every 6 school days. In September,
he stocked both schools on the 27th. How many school days earlier had he
%842!02!#4)#% stocked the vending machines at both schools on the same day?
See pages 676, 708.
GEOMETRY For Exercises 10 and 11, draw the next two figures in each pattern.
Self-Check Quiz at 10. 11.
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H.O.T. Problems 12. OPEN ENDED Refer to the Mini Lab at the beginning of the lesson. Describe
another method you could use to find the number of white tiles it takes to
border a garden 12 green tiles long.

13. CHALLENGE Draw the next figure in the

pattern at the right. How many white
tiles are needed when 21 green tiles are
used? Explain.

14. SELECT A TECHNIQUE Handy Crafts will paint a custom design on the back
of a cell phone for $3.25. Which of the following techniques should one use
to determine the fewest number of phones that will need to be painted in
order to earn $58.29 for the painting supplies? Justify your selection(s).
Then use the technique(s) to solve the problem.

mental math estimation paper/pencil

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16. Mrs. Acosta wants to buy 2 flag pins 17. The next figure in the pattern will have
for each of the 168 band members for what fraction of its area shaded?
the Fourth of July Parade. Pins cost
$0.09 each. Which is the best estimate
of the cost of the pins?
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PREREQUISITE SKILL Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.

18. 15 + 45 19. 1,287 - 978 20. 4 × 3.6 21. 280 ÷ 0.4

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