Slope Word Problems

What are the key words for rate of change and slope?

• every

• equations

• each

• per

• sum

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

You can buy 3 apples for $1.20. What is the price per apple?

• .40

• .90

• 1.30

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

An ice cream factory makes 120 quarts in 10 hours. What is the rate of change in quarts per hour?

• 10

• 12

• 30

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

A store sees 120 customers in 8 hours and and 45 customers in 3 hours. What is the average customers each hour?

• 12

• 40

• 15

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

I paid $15.00 for 6 gallons of gasoline.

What was the price per gallon?

• $2.50

• $9.00

• .40

Tags

CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

If Justin can type 408 words in 4 minutes, how many words can he type in 2 minutes?

• 102

• 204

• 816

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

You spend $40 on 5 pounds of concrete and $80 on 10 pounds. What is the cost per pound?

• $20

• $16

• $8

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

A man is climbing down from 100 feet high descending 30 feet per minute. What is the rate of change?

• -30

• 30

• 100

• -100

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

Which of the following are ways to find the rate of change?

• change in y over change in x
• rise over run
• subtract y coordinates over subtract x coordinates
• all of the above

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

You are scuba diving and swim below sea level at 24 feet per minute. What is your rate of change?

• 8

• 24

• -24

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6