The Task
There are two popular stores that sell expensive candles in the area. Candles R Us sells a candle that will burn for 4 hours. Candle-mania sells a candle that will burn for 5 hours.
After how many hours will one candle be 3 times the size of the other?
Lesson Plan burning-candle-problem
Blackline master burning-candle-blackline-master
Student Strategies burning-candle-student-work