Bank Charges

A bank that has been charging a monthly service fee of $2 for checking accounts plus 15 cents for each check announces that it will change its monthly fee to $3 and that each check will cost 8 cents.  The bank claims that the new plan will save the customers money.  How many checks must a customer write per month before the new plan is cheaper than the old plan?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area and Perimeter

A rectangle has an area measuring 230 square centimeters.  Its length and width are whole numbers of centimeters. 

a)  What are the possible combinations of length and width? 

b)  Which possibility gives the smallest perimeter? 

(Assume length is the longer dimension)

 

 

 

 

 


Multiple Possibilities

Given the six numbers 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13, pick five of them that when multiplied together give 19,305.