Qualitative Graphs

The graph shows the speed of Mr. Sam driving to work. Which section shows Mr. Sam stopped in traffic?

• a.

• b.

• g.

• d.

• f.

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The graph shows the speed of Mr. Sam driving to work. Which section shows Mr. Sam driving on the interstate?

• a. - his rate of change is the steepest

• b. - he's going the fastest here

• g. - steep rate of change and not for a long time

• d. - shortest amount of time

• f. - he's going fast here

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The graph shows Timmy's distance he is as he leaves school one afternoon. What happens in section C? Why is the distance from school decreasing?

• Timmy is walking back to school because he forgot his math book.

• Timmy is talking to a friend and not walking.

• Timmy is walking faster home.

• Timmy is dancing in the street.

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The graph shows Timmy's distance he is as he leaves school one afternoon. What happens in section B?

• Timmy is walking back to school because he forgot his math book.

• Timmy is talking to a friend and not walking.

• Timmy is walking faster home.

• Timmy is dancing in the street.

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The graph shows Timmy's distance he is as he leaves school one afternoon. What happens in section D?

• Timmy is walking back to school because he forgot his math book.

• Timmy is talking to a friend and not walking.

• Timmy is walking all the way home.

• Timmy is dancing in the street.

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The graph shows Mrs. Smith's distance from home as she drives to work. Which section of graph and description match?

• Section A: Mrs. Smith leaves home, first driving slowly and then speeding up.

• Section B: Mrs. Smith continues driving at a constant speed.

• Section C: Mrs. Smith forgot her lunch and had to return home to get it.

• Section D: Mrs. Smith drives to work, making a stop along the way.

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Each section of the graph is for 5 minutes. Why does the graph not begin on the y-axis?

• Rose did not begin walking away from home and to the park right away.

• Rose walked really slowly at the beginning and didn't get very far.

• Rose ran at the beginning so fast, it was hard to see her distance from home.

• Rose went to a friends house before heading to the park.

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Michael owns his own window cleaning business. He is cleaning the windows of a three story building. The graph shows his height from the ground floor while washing windows. Choose the correct words to correctly describe each section of the graph.

Section A has a _____ slope and represents washing windows on the _____ floor.

• zero; first

• positive; second

• negative; third

• zero; second

• positive; third

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• F
• G
• H
• I

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On a graph comparing speed over time, a section of line with a negative slope means

• that you are going downhill.
• that you are going uphill.
• that your speed is increasing.
• that your speed is decreasing.

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