Enrichment
Lesson 4 - 1


A soccer team uses 5-gallon coolers to hold water during games and practices. Each cooler holds 640 fluid ounces. The team has small cups that each hold 6.25 fluid ounces and large cups that each hold 8.75 fluid ounces.

1. The team fills c coolers for practice. During practice, the players Pours small cups and g large cups of water. Write an expression that represents the amount of water that remains in the coolers.

2. Draw a bar diagram to represent the situation.

3. Write and evaluate an expression to represent how much water will be left if the team fills 3 coolers and then pours 40 small cups and 60 large cups.

4. Write an expression to represent how much water will be left if the team fills 2 coolers and then pours 85 small cups and an unknown number of large cups. Explain how you can use your expression from Exercise 1 to answer this question.

5. Write an expression that the team can use to find the number of coolers needed to fill s small cups and g large cups. Explain how you wrote your expression.