Mykel had six dollars when he went to school today. He bought 3 bags of Takis from the cafeteria. Afterwards, he had 26 cents in his pocket. Write the equation you would use to represent the situation, where c equals the cost of Takis.

‘Easier’ question: Focus on mathematical ability to solve and substitute variables.

Find the values for the three variables (x, y, and z) given the following three expressions.
x = 220
y = 0.40(x)
z = y - 24
Enter your answer in the table.

Variable
Value
x

y

z