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City Connections: Plan and Check

Solve city transit problems with signed numbers, fractions, and decimals, then use estimates to check costs and connection times.

Grade 7MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to7.EE.B.3

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1 Common Core standard
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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

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What students practice

Students solve multistep transit problems using positive and negative whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
Students use estimates to check exact answers and evaluate travel decisions.

How to use

Have students show calculations on separate paper. Discuss when an estimate is useful and when a close connection requires an exact calculation.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

7.EE.B.3

Solve multistep real-life problems with positive and negative numbers as whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, and check by estimating.

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City Connections: Plan and Check

Use multistep calculations and estimates to plan bus and subway trips.

Build a Route

Solve each problem. All trip times include only the stages stated in the problem.

Nia plans this trip across the city.

Nia's Trip
Stage	Minutes
Walk to bus	7
Bus ride	18
Transfer walk	6
Subway ride	14
Walk to destination	5

Her friend can drive her there in 38 minutes.

How many more minutes does the transit trip take than the drive? minutes

Omar has 54 minutes to reach an appointment. His plan includes an 8-minute walk, a 21-minute bus ride, a 7-minute transfer walk, and a 13-minute subway ride.

What is the greatest total waiting time his plan allows without making him late? minutes

A trip planner shows a 3 1/2-mile route. Two bus sections are each 5/8 mile long, and the walking sections total 3/4 mile. The rest of the route is by subway.

How far is the subway section? miles

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