The Bagel Club at Middle Township High School sells bagels to teachers for $three each. They spend $sixteen on supplies. Represent earnings as positive and costs as negative.
Define a unit for the club's profit.
If the club sold thirty-five bagels before school on Monday, what is their profit?
How many bagels did the club sell on Thursday if their profit was ninety-eight dollars?
Complete the rows for the amount earned per bagel and the cost of bagel supplies. Then, enter a variable for the number of bagels sold and use this variable to write an expression for the club's profit.
Use the Worksheet to complete the problem. The column labels describe the quantity from the problem scenario that the column is about. The row labels describe the type of value that goes in the row: quantity descriptions, units of measure, algebraic expressions, or numeric values to answer a question.
Quantity Name
Bagels
Profit
Unit
bagels
If the club sold thirty-five bagels before school on Monday, what is their profit?
Question 1
How many bagels did the club sell on Thursday if their profit was ninety-eight dollars?
Question 2
Sale price of each bagel
dollars per
bagel
Cost of bagel supplies
dollars per bagel
Algebraic expression for profit
3b - 16 (where b represents the number of bagels sold)
Numeric value for Monday profit
$-1
Numeric value for Thursday profit
$98