standard_description: Solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. Apply properties of operations to calculate with numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate; and assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies. For example: If a woman making $25 an hour gets a 10% raise, she will make an additional 1/10 of her salary an hour, or $2.50, for a new salary of $27.50. If you want to place a towel bar 9 3/4 inches long in the center of a door that is 27 1/2 inches wide, you will need to place the bar about 9 inches from each edge; this estimate can be used as a check on the exact computation.
problem_activity: Task
DVDs can be made in a factory in New Mexico at the rate of 20
DVDs per \$3, but the factory costs \$80,000 to build.
If they make 1 million DVDs, what is the unit cost per
DVD?
DVDs can be made in a factory in Colorado at the rate of 10
DVDs per \$1.50, but the factory costs \$100,000 to build.
If they make 1 million DVDs, what is the unit cost per
DVD?
How much can a buyer save on a million DVDs by buying
DVDs from  New Mexico instead of DVDs from Colorado?
Find an equation for the cost of making $x$ number of DVDs
in the factory in New Mexico.
Find an equation for the cost of making $x$ number of DVDs
in the factory in Colorado.


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