An image of two young men appears. Gordon and Jose have both decided to start adding to their savings accounts. Gordon has $70.00 in his bank account already, and his job pays $10.00 per week. An image of an ATM machine with $70.00 on the ATM screen appears, along with an image of 10 one dollar bills. José has only $40.00 in his bank account, but his job pays $12.00 per week. An image of an ATM machine with $40.00 on the ATM screen appears, along with an image of 12 one dollar bills. If Gordon and Jose each put their entire paychecks into their accounts, how many weeks will it take for them to have the same amount of money? An image of a calendar with a question mark appears.
How would you go about solving this problem? You could make a table or a chart similar. to this one, but that would take a long time and a lot of guesswork.