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Space Camp: Mission Control Commands

Solve systems of linear equations through space-camp mission simulations involving command times, navigation, and resource limits.

Grade 8MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to8.EE.C.8.c

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1 Common Core standard
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13 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 8
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

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What students practice

Students write and solve two linear equations to find unknown mission settings.
Students interpret system solutions using the limits of a simulation.
Students analyze an elimination error and explain a valid correction.

How to use

Have students define variables and show their equations on separate paper. Use the final question to discuss why elimination must cancel a complete variable term.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

8.EE.C.8.c

Solve real-world and math problems that lead to two linear equations in two variables.

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Space Camp: Mission Control Commands

Use systems of equations to recover settings and test mission plans.

Recover the Command Settings

Write a system for each situation, then solve. All measurements describe a computer simulation.

Each alignment command takes the same number of seconds, and each scan command takes the same number of seconds. Commands run one after another with no gaps. Recover the time for each command.

Command Sequence Logs
Alignment commands	Scan commands	Total time (s)
3	2	26
2	5	43

One alignment command: seconds; one scan command: seconds

Two simulated thrusters push in opposite directions. Let x be the rightward force and y be the leftward force, both positive numbers measured in newtons. Their force magnitudes total 42 N, and the net force is 18 N to the right. Which system models these conditions?