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Smoking Cost worksheet
Grades 6–7 · CCSS 6.RP.A.3.b, 7.RP.A.3
Calcapedia Solve each problem and show your work. Round answers to 2 decimal places where needed.
- 1.
Problem 1. - Show: Money saved since quitting
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 20
- Price per pack: $11
- Time since quitting: 70 days
Find: Money saved since quitting
Answer
- 2.
Problem 2. - Show: What smoking will cost
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 18
- Price per pack: $8
- Years ahead: 11
- Yearly price increase (optional): 4%
- Return if the money were invested instead (optional): 4%
Find: Cost over 11 years
Answer
- 3.
Problem 3. - Show: What smoking will cost
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 20
- Price per pack: $11
- Years ahead: 14
- Yearly price increase (optional): 5%
- Return if the money were invested instead (optional): 5%
Find: Cost over 14 years
Answer
- 4.
Problem 4. - Show: Money saved since quitting
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 24
- Price per pack: $7
- Time since quitting: 98 days
Find: Money saved since quitting
Answer
- 5.
Problem 5. - Show: Money saved since quitting
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 18
- Price per pack: $7
- Time since quitting: 75 days
Find: Money saved since quitting
Answer
- 6.
Problem 6. - Show: What smoking will cost
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 26
- Price per pack: $5
- Years ahead: 12
- Yearly price increase (optional): 4%
- Return if the money were invested instead (optional): 3%
Find: Cost over 12 years
Answer
- 7.
Problem 7. - Show: Money saved since quitting
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 25
- Price per pack: $7
- Time since quitting: 110 days
Find: Money saved since quitting
Answer
- 8.
Problem 8. - Show: What smoking will cost
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 18
- Price per pack: $10
- Years ahead: 10
- Yearly price increase (optional): 2%
- Return if the money were invested instead (optional): 4%
Find: Cost over 10 years
Answer
- 9.
Problem 9. - Show: Money saved since quitting
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 24
- Price per pack: $8
- Time since quitting: 95 days
Find: Money saved since quitting
Answer
- 10.
Problem 10. - Show: Money saved since quitting
- Amount smoked per day: 1 packs
- Cigarettes per pack: 18
- Price per pack: $8
- Time since quitting: 105 days
Find: Money saved since quitting
Answer
Answer key: Smoking Cost worksheet
Calcapedia 1. Money saved since quitting: $770.00
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Money not spent: the daily cost times the number of days
And every year from now on you keep
2. Cost over 11 years: $39,380.15
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Multiply the daily cost by 365 days to get a year at today's price
Add up 11 years with the price rising 4% a year (g is that rise as a decimal), each year costing a bit more
If invested instead: each year's cost goes in at year end and grows at 4% until year 11
3. Cost over 14 years: $78,688.51
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Multiply the daily cost by 365 days to get a year at today's price
Add up 14 years with the price rising 5% a year (g is that rise as a decimal), each year costing a bit more
If invested instead: each year's cost goes in at year end and grows at 5% until year 14
4. Money saved since quitting: $686.00
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Money not spent: the daily cost times the number of days
And every year from now on you keep
5. Money saved since quitting: $525.00
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Money not spent: the daily cost times the number of days
And every year from now on you keep
6. Cost over 12 years: $27,422.09
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Multiply the daily cost by 365 days to get a year at today's price
Add up 12 years with the price rising 4% a year (g is that rise as a decimal), each year costing a bit more
If invested instead: each year's cost goes in at year end and grows at 3% until year 12
7. Money saved since quitting: $770.00
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Money not spent: the daily cost times the number of days
And every year from now on you keep
8. Cost over 10 years: $39,966.48
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Multiply the daily cost by 365 days to get a year at today's price
Add up 10 years with the price rising 2% a year (g is that rise as a decimal), each year costing a bit more
If invested instead: each year's cost goes in at year end and grows at 4% until year 10
9. Money saved since quitting: $760.00
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Money not spent: the daily cost times the number of days
And every year from now on you keep
10. Money saved since quitting: $840.00
Find the cost per day: packs a day times the price of a pack
Money not spent: the daily cost times the number of days
And every year from now on you keep