Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Aladdin Jr and Algebra Word Problems

Swift School is putting on a musical performance entitled, "Aladdin Jr" next week, and we are expecting many children and adults to attend.  The ticket counters at the play will surely be wondering how many adults and children attended Aladdin Jr.  I found a similar question about "Theater tickets" that a student posted on http://www.algebra.com/

Try reading the question and solving it on your own before reading through the solution.  Check your answer with the one shown below. 
What other strategies do you know to solve this problem?  



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