46 Using the TI-73: A Guide for Teachers

 

Measurement and Geometry

 

 

Name

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Date

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Activity 8

 

 

Drip, Drip, Drip

 

 

Activity—Part A

 

 

1.

Record start time.

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2.

How many drips did you count in 2 minutes?

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3.

How much water did you collect in 10 minutes?

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4.

What did you calculate for number of drips in

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1 minute?

5.

How much water would be collected in 1 hour?

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In 1 day?

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6.

What changes to increase the total amount

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of water?

7.

What is the variable in this problem?

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8.

Describe, in words, the rate of change in

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this problem.

9.

Translate your description in words into a

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math sentence (an equation).

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