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Ricky Buys a Soda by Jeff Valure
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Fluency – the ability to read a text quickly and accurately. Fluency is not speed reading since the student needs to obtain meaning from the text.
Vocabulary – the words we must know to communicate effectively.
Comprehension – understanding the text that is read, or the process of “constructing meaning” from a text.
Fiction – a literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.
Non-fiction – works such as books or magazines that give facts and information that are deemed to be true.

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"What the?"
"What's the matter?"
"The register went dead."
"So?"
"I'm going to have to get a manager over here."
"What?! I don't have time to stand around."
"It will only take a second. Let me just pick up the intercom. What the?"
"What's the matter?!"
"The intercom's dead. Now what am I going to do?"
"Here, the soda's seventy-five cents."
"The scanner's not working."
"There's a price on the bottle. It says seventy-five cents."
"But there's tax."
"There's no tax on food."
"There's tax on soda.“
"What's the tax?"
"I don't know. Like seven something."
"Excuse me, tax is seven and a quarter percent."
"Thank you, ma'am. Tax is seven and a quarter percent."
"So what's that make?"
"You're the cashier, you tell me."
"I don't know. Let me try the intercom again. Maybe if I bang it against the register, one of them will start working."
"Here's eighty-five cents. Okay? I'm leaving."
"Wait! There's also a deposit..."
The Question.
Did Ricky give the cashier enough money to cover the soda, the tax, and the deposit? Prove your answer. (Hint: There's no tax on the deposit.)
Questions:
1. What is the setting for this story?
2. Who are the characters in the story?
3. What was the initiating event in the story?
4. What attempt was made to resolve the problem in the story?
5. What was the outcome of the initial attempt to solve the problem?
6. What was the second attempt to resolve the problem in the story?
7. What was the outcome of the second attempt to resolve the problem?
8. What was the final resolution in the story?
9. What is the consequence of the final resolution of the story?

1. How do you use math at home? (List at least two different ways.)
2. What was the highest math class you took in high school or college?
3. What is your occupation?
4. How do you use math at your job (at home or other)?
5. Do you use math more at home or at work? Give examples.
6. Do you have any hobbies that require math skills (i.e., golf, music, etc.)?

Pentagon
Translation
Slope
Ray
This is a five-sided polygon.
To move a shape without rotating it or flipping it.
Vertical change over horizontal change; or rise over run.
A part of a line that starts at one point and extends forever in one direction.

Right Angle
Acute Angle
Obtuse
Line
An angle that measures 90 degrees.
Angle that measures less than
90 degrees.
Angle that measures more than
90 degrees, but less than 180 degrees.
Perfectly straight and extends forever in both directions.