Unit 3 - Lesson 4 - Grade 8: Illustrative Mathematics

Write a description of a situation represented by this equation. Decide what quantities x and y represent in your situation.

Who makes more money after working 12 hours?

How much more do they make?

What is the rate of change for each situation and what does it mean?

Using your graph or table from question 5, determine how long it would take each person to earn $150.

What is the rate of change for each situation and what does it mean?

Using your graph from question 8, determine how much more money one person makes relative to the other after stuffing 1,500 envelopes.

Explain or show your reasoning.

If Tyler had 16 cups of lemonade mix, how many cups of water would he need for each recipe?

What is the rate of change for each situation and what does it mean?