Slope Intercept Form Word Problems

Write the equation that represents this word problem:

Miles makes tacos at a restaurant. He has already made 8 tacos, and can make 3 tacos per minute.

• y= 8x + 3x

• y= 3x + 8

• y= 8x + 3

• y= 3 + 8

• Answer Not Here

An amusement park has an entrance fee, and then there is a cost to ride each ride. The total cost (y) can be modeled by y=1.5x+20 where x is the number of rides you ride. What does the y intercept represent?

• Number of rides

• The entrance fee

• The cost for food

• The cost per ride

How many candy bars will be sold if there were 18 sellers?

• 18

• 21

• 122

• 130

Sonya has $40 in her lunch account and pays $2 each day to eat lunch. Which equation can be used to find the amount of money Sonya has left on her account after x days?

• y = 40 + 2x

• y = - 2x + 40

• y = 2 + 40x

• y = 2 - 40x

What does the y intercept represent?

• The amount of cases already chopped

• The amount of cases he can chop in an hour

• His starting salary

• The hours Jared works

How much did she eat after 7 minutes?

• 3

• 2n

• 7

• 17

Write the equation that represents this word problem: Nora owes her parents $400 for a computer, so she babysits for $10 per hour.

• y= 10x + 400

• y= -10x - 400

• y=10x - 400

• y= -10x + 400

• Answer Not Here

Easy Car Rental charges $8.50 an hour plus a rental fee of $25.50.

• y = 8.5 + 25.5

• y = 8.5x + 25.5

• y = 8.5 + 25.5x

• y = 8.5x + 25.5x

Jacob collects hats.  He has 6 hats already, and he collects 2 hats a week.

• y = 2x + 6

• y = 6x + 2

• y = 2x - 6

• y = 6x - 2

A canoe rental service charges a $20 transportation fee and $30 dollars an hour to rent a canoe. Write an equation representing the cost, y, of renting a canoe for x hours.

• y = 30x + 20

• y = 20x + 30

• y = 50x

• y = 60x