featuring Featherbrain the Turkey, the school's mascot. In one hour, they sell $fifty five worth of stickers. Each member who sells stickers is paid $two. Represent earnings from selling stickers as positive and costs of paying members as negative.
Define a unit for the amount of money the club will make.
How much money will the club make if nine members sell stickers?
How much money will the club make if six members sell stickers?
Complete the rows for the amount paid to each member and the income from selling stickers. Then, enter a variable for the number of members who sell stickers and use this variable to write an expression for the amount of money the club will make.
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
Members
Money Made
Unit
members
How much money will the club make if nine members sell stickers?
Question 1
How much money will the club make if six members sell stickers?
Question 2
Cost of paying each member
dollars
-2
Income from selling stickers
dollars
55
Expression for the amount of money the club will make
9m - 18 or 6m - 12