How many days would it take to spend $8 million at the rate of $1 per second?

answer:

words:   if hakeem puts $59 from each paycheck into savings and he receives 26 paychecks each year, at the end of one year he will have saved 59 times 26, or $1,534 which is $34 over his goal.

equation:   59 x 26 = a or 1534 = a, where a represents hakeem's total amount saved.

model:  

2     4     6   8   10   12 14   16   18 20 22 24   26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44   46    

59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59

48   50   52

59   59   59

step-by-step explanation:

this word problem can be solved in multiple ways as the question indicates, asking for words, and equation and a model.   using the key words and phrases from the problem, we can see that hakeem put $59 from each paycheck into saving and he gets paid every two weeks or 26 times.   because of the words 'each' and 'times', i know that i will have to multiply 59 x 26 to get the total amount that hakeem will save for the year: 26 x 59 = $1,534.  

using words, we can write out the steps to solving the problem.

using an equation, we can solve for a variable.

using a model, we can set up the number paychecks received over the course of a year.