Goal: Think like a mathematician! Read the problem multiple times.
The students in Mr. Rivera’s art class are designing a stained-glass window to hang in the school entryway. The window will be 2 feet tall and 5 feet wide. They have drawn the design below:
They have raised $100 for the materials for the project. The colored glass costs $5 per square foot and the clear glass costs $3 per square foot. The materials they need to join the pieces of glass together costs 10 cents per foot and the frame costs $4 per foot.
Do they have enough money to cover the costs of the materials they will need to make the window?
Source: Illustrative Mathematics 7.G.B.4 and 7.EE.B.3 Task
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