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This assignment covers word problems about exponential functions with percent increase or decrease. For example, if there are 5000 people in your town, and the population grows by 10% per year, how many people are in your town in 8 years? This worksheet has a QR code, which links to a video that walks students through the "guided notes" portion of the assignment, which they can follow with 8 individual practice problems.

This 25 question assignment has students write an expression, equation, or inequality based on a written description. For example, a problem may state "Four times the sum of three and x is -15." The student would then have to write "4(3 + X) = -15."

This project is two-fold, in that students are required to solve a literal equation, and then use that literal equation to make repeated calculations in Google Spreadsheet (or Microsoft Excel). This includes instructions for the project, a rubric, and instructions for suggested technology applications. **I created this project because my students were not seeing the necessity in being able to solve a literal equation (an equation with multiple variables). When I explained that sometimes you