Real Life can be Eye Opening

Marcela wrote:

"I chose this because when i was still in Colombia the earthquake was the new of the month.

Because of the devastation of the earthquake they have now a cholera epidemic. After all the dead they have again many interesting numbers.  first they give us a number. in the beginning there was 1,978 people hospitalize and the number increase to 1,6742 .  second the statistic for people getting sick increase 41% and the dead toll has increase 31%."

Cholera in Haiti

Math at the Movies

Hannah went to the movies and found the following real-life application:

The first picture is prices for tickets, the second is for popcorn prices.
    
If a people buy tickets for a 3-D matinee showing of a movie they pay $12.50 each. If people buy b large bags of popcorn they pay $8.00 for each. An equation for if some people got popcorn and a 3-D matinee would be 12.50a+ 8b= total price. 


I forgot to ask her what movie she saw!