Applications of Straight Line Graphs

A person starts walking at the 200m mark on a running track moving towards the finish line. They walk at a constant speed of 0.8 m/s.

An equation for how far the person is from the finish line, d, at time, t, could be?

An electrician charges a call-out fee of $50 and then costs $15.50 per hour that they work on the task. An equation to caclulate the cost of the electrician, c, for the time they work, t, could be?

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

A car costs $500 to hire plus $5 per kilometer travelled. An equation to calculate the cost, c, to drive a distance, k, could be?

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

A plane flies from Melbourne to Sydney, a total of 700 km. The plane flies at an average speed of 800 km/h. When writing an equation for this situation, match the following:

• t

• Variable

• -800

• Variable

• d

• Constant

• 700

• Coefficient

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

 

A plane flies from Melbourne to Sydney, a total of 700 km. The plane flies at an average speed of 800 km/h. To Write an equation to calculate the distance, d, from Sydney at any time, t, the equation could be?

When picking cherries to buy at a cherry farm, you need to first buy a box that costs $5 and then you pay $6 per kg of cherries. An equation to calculate the cost ,c, of a number of kilograms, w, of cherries could be?

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

A water tank that contains 3000 Lt starts leaking at a rate of 2Lt per hour. An equation that calculates the volume of water , v, at any time , t, could be?

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

A car with a tank that holds 50 litres is driven with an economy of 0.05 L/Km. An equation to calculate the amount of petrol in the tank, p, for a distance travelled, k, could be?

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

The cost of using a car includes a maintenance cost of $450 and an additional $1.25 per kilometer travelled. An equation to calculate the cost of using the car, c, for any distance travelled, d, could be?

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

The graph could be of?

• Printing T-Shirts with a set up cost of $200 and $15 per T-Shirt

• Printing T-Shirts with a set up cost of $15 and $200 per T-Shirt

• Printing T-Shirts with a set up cost of $200, but the cost per T-Shirt is not known

• Printing T-Shirts with a set up cost of $200 and $.07 per T-Shirt

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5