Algebra Mini Project:

Comparing Mobile Phone Plans

Mobile Price Plan
Plan A Plan B Plan C Plan D

Base Price $30 $50 $50 $80

Data Included 3 GB 4 GB 10 GB 15 GB

Minutes 400 Unlimited Unlimited $0.05 per minute

talktime
MMS $0.03 per text $0.05 per text $0.03 per text Unlimited

Extra charges $10 for extra 1 $10 for extra 1 $15 for extra 1 $15 for extra 1
GB GB GB GB

$0.05 per minute

per extra minute

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 How much are you
1 spending?
Given that you do not go over your data/ talk time, write an
equation allowing you to calculate the cost for each
plan.
Plan A: 30 + 0.03 x 1000 + 0.05 x 400 = $80
Plan B: 50 + 0.05 x 1000 = $100
Plan C: 50 + 0.03 x 1000 = $80
Plan D: 80 + 0.05 x 400 = $100
How much are you spending?
1) Which plan will be the cheapest if you sent 1000
texts and called 400 minutes in a month?
Without buying any extra charges: Plans A & C
2) You
If all chose
phones hadPlan
15 GB:A and
Plan D you sent 800 texts and
used 500 minutes. What will be your total bill?

30 + 0.03 x 800 + 0.05 x 500 = $79

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How much are you spending?

3) This month you used 2 GB of data. Given that you used

500 texts and used 400 minutes. Which plan will be the
cheapest for you?
Plans A & C
4) Mary loves to talk on the phone, but does not text very
much. She also does not have wifi at home and used a lot
of data. What would be the best plan for her and why?
It depends. Both plans B and C are good for her. Plan B costs less to buy 1 extra
GB, while plan C has more GB included in the phone.
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✗ Based on your personal phone
usage, which plan would you use
and why?

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 Find out!
Research real phone plans from two
different companies.

Based on your personal usage, report

the cost and details of the phone plan
you would choose from each
company. What does the plan
include? How much would it be to
get the latest iphone model added to
your plan?
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The two plans:
From Singtel ->
You can send unlimited messages and
you also have unlimited calling time.
The phone has 3GB of data included
and costs $68.90.
From M1 ->
You can send 100 messages
and you have 100 minutes of
calling time. This phone has a
massive 12GB of data
included and it is priced at a
much cheaper price of $30.
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The plan I chose:
The plan I chose was the plan from Singtel. Although it
is more expensive and includes less data originally, it
allows me to send an unlimited number of messages and
have an unlimited calling time.

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Thanks
!
Any questions?

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