An Equation A Day Keeps the Doctor Away!

Math in the medical profession

Week of 2/1/11

Veterinary ScienceAn equation a day helps the doctor to stay

1. There are 6 more than 4 times as many dogs in the kennel as cats. There are 42 dogs in the kennels. Solve the equation for c to find how many cats are being boarded.

4c + 6 = 42

2. The Happy Feet Vet Clinic can see no more than 30 animals per day. They can see 4 animals per hour and have 2 pets they see every day for therapy.

Solve the inequality to see how many hours they have per day for appointments.

4h + 2 ≤ 30

3. Solve for x

-2x - 6 > 23

Pediatrician An equation a day helps the doctor to

stay!

1. Dr. Lopez gives her patient 45 mg of medicine for every kilogram (k) the child weighs.

Solve the equation for w to calculate the weight in kg of the child.

450kg = 45w

Bonus: (multiply w x 2.2 to get weight in pounds)

2. Which is not one of the solutions to this inequality?

4r – 2.6 < 4.8

a. 4.4 b. 5.5 c.14.8 d. 18.5

Surgeon - An equation a

day helps the doctor to stay

1. Dr. Jones is buying a table for the operating room that can fit in the corner.

Which one of these tables will form a right triangle and fit in the corner?

a. 20, 16, 28

b. 15, 8, 20

c. 6, 8, 10

d. 5, 10, 153. Solve for m.

3m + 4 – m = 20

2. Dr. Smith has three patients receiving “some amount (x)” of medicine plus six grams” in a test.

This is written 3(x +6).

She orders the following amount “3 unknowns plus 18 grams”

3x + 18

What property did she use to calculate this amount?

Sports Medicine

1. Ice Packs sell for $12.50 per case and elastic wrap bandages sell for $ 9.75 per case. The team trainer orders 2 ¼ cases of each supply. How much less did the bandages cost than the ice packs?

2. The quarter back was injured while attempting to throw a pass diagonally the length of the field. How far was he trying to throw?

100 yards

50yd

1. Create this equation with your tiles.2. Write this as an equation in your notebook. = 1x = 1

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3x + 2 = x + 4

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