Grade 9 Batch 1 Performance Task 1

StudentTask
CANDYBARSORRAFFLES?PERFORMANCETASK

Inthistask,youwillinvestigatetwodifferentfundraisingplansforthetenthgradeatEvergreenHighSchool.Youwill
createequationsandinequalitiesintwoormorevariablestorepresenttherelationshipbetweentheamountofmoney
raisedanddifferentassumptionswiththetwofundraisers.Youwillgraphtheequationsandinequalitiesandsolvethem
bothalgebraicallyandgraphically.Youwillusekeyfeaturesofgraphs,includingintersections,intercepts,andslope.You
willuseequationstopredicttheamountofmoneyeachoftheplanscouldpotentiallyraiseanddecidewhichisthebest
planforthetenthgradeclasstouse.

Thetenthgradeclassismadeupof220students.Thosestudentshaveagoalofraising$20,000intheirfundraiser,and
themaximumamounttheycanraiseis$30,000.Thetenthgradeclassisconsideringmodelingthefundraiseroneither
theraffleticketfundraisertheeleventhgradeclassdidlastyearorthecandybarfundraiserthetwelfthgradeclassdid
lastyear,sopricesandprizeswillbethesame.Detailsofbotharebelow.

EleventhGradeRaffleTicketFundraiserfromLastYear

Ofthe250studentsintheclass,217soldraffletickets.
Eachraffleticketcost$10.
Eachstudentsoldanaverageof10tickets.
AllticketsweresoldinSeptember.
ThemonthlyprizeswereawardedoncepermonthfromOctobertoMay.
Eachmonththreeprizesweregivenout:one$25prize,one$50prize,andone$100prize.

TwelfthGradeCandyBarFundraiserfromLastYear

Ofthe230studentsintheclass,200soldcandybars.
120ofthestudentssoldanaverageof150barseach,and80ofthestudentssoldanaverageof165barseach.
Eachcandybarwassoldfor$1.
Eachcandybarcosttheschool$0.30,andthecandycompanychargedaonetimedeliveryfeeof$100.
Thetwelfthgraderspurchased32,500candybars.
ThecandybarsweresoldfromOctobertoMay.

PartA:RaffleTicketSales

Whenconsideringaraffleticketfundraiser,thetenthgradetreasurerrealizestherearemanyvariablestoconsiderthe
costofthemonthlyprizes(c);thepricetochargeperraffleticket(p);thenumberofraffleticketseachstudentshould
beaskedtosell(r);thenumberofstudentswhowillparticipateinsellingraffletickets(s);howmanymonthsmonthly
prizeswillbeawarded(m);andthegoal,oramountofmoneythatthetenthgradehopestoraise(g).

1.
a. Writeanexpressionthatrepresentshowmuchmoneythetenthgradewillactuallycollectinticketsales,in
termsofthevariablesthatneedtobeconsideredbythetenthgradetreasurer.

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b. Writeanequationthatshowstherelationshipbetweenthetenthgradefundraisinggoal,thecostoftheprizes,
andtheexpressionyoucreatedabove.

Whiletheeleventhgradesuccessfullymetitsfundraisinggoalwitharaffle,thetenthgradeofficersareconcerned
becausetheyhavefewerstudentsintheirgradetohelpsellraffletickets.Thetenthgradeofficersplantoanalyzethe
eleventhgradersplantoseewhethertheycanreachthatgoalorwhatchangestheymustmaketothefundraisingplan
tomeettheirgoal.

c. Iftheyusethesameprizesandthesameticketpriceandassumeeachstudentwillsellthesamenumberof
ticketsastheeleventhgraders,howmanytenthgradestudentswouldhavetoparticipateinsellingraffletickets
fortheclasstoreachitsfundraisinggoal?

2. Consideringthatthereare220studentsinthetenthgrade,shouldthetenthgradestudentsconducttheirfundraiser
withthesameprizes,ticketprice,andnumberofticketssoldperpersonastheeleventhgradefundraiser?Justify
youranswer.Ifyouthinkthetenthgradeshouldchangesomepartoftheraffle,explainhowandwhy.

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PartB:CandyBarSales

Thetenthgradetreasurerisalsoconsideringacandybarfundraiserthathasthesamecostsandpricesasthetwelfth
gradefundraiser.

3.
a. Supposeall220tenthgradersparticipateinsellingcandybars.Writeaninequalitytorepresenttheminimum
numberofcandybars,b,eachstudentmustselltomeetthegoalofraising$20,000.

b. Solveyourinequalityabovetodeterminetheminimumnumberofcandybarseachparticipatingstudentmust
selltomeetthegoalofraising$20,000.

c. Supposethesamepercentage(roundedtothenearestwholepercent)ofstudentsfromthetenthgradeclass
participateinthefundraiserasinthetwelfthgradeclass.Whatwillbetheminimumnumberofcandybarsthat
eachparticipatingstudentmustsellunderthesecircumstancestomeetthegoal?

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PartC:RaffleSalesversusCandySales

Thetenthgradersdecidetousethesameprizeamountsandticketpricesastheeleventhgradersbutstillmust
determinehowmanyticketstheymustsellandwhetherthetenthgradehasenoughstudentstomakethefundraiser
successful.Tocomparethetwofundraisingplans,wewilllookattheplansonagraph.

4.
a. Writealinearequationthatrepresentstheprofit,y,intermsofthetotalnumberofraffleticketssold,x.