Problema Solution
Tom received a collection card from his grandfather. the collection is in a leather book that holds 500 cards. tom currently has 120 cards, but he joined a club that sends 12 new cards for each month.
a) make a table showing the number of cards for month 0-5
b) how many the cards he collection after a year?
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month 0: 120 to begin
month 1: 120+12 = 132
month 2: 132+12 = 144
month 3: 144+12 = 156
month 4: 156+12 = 168
month 5: 168+12 = 180
12 months in a year, Tom will have:
120 + 12*12 = 120 + 144 = 264