Situation Exponential and Linear

How should the function be classified?

• Linear

• Exponential

• Quadratic

• None of the above

Which student's number pattern is linear?

• Ashley

• Hector

• Jamal

• Karina

Maggie is knitting blankets for the residents of a local nursing home. She already has 6 blankets completed. After one week, Kay has 8 blankets. After two weeks, Kay has 10 blankets. Kay's scenario is best represented by a _______________ function.

• Linear

• Quadratic

• Exponential

• None of the above

Decide whether the word problem represents a linear or exponential function. . “A library has 8000 books, and is adding 500 more books each year.”

• Linear

• Exponential

“A gym’s customers must pay $50 for a membership, plus $3 for each time they use the gym.” Decide whether the word problem represents a linear or exponential function.

• Linear

• Exponential

“A bank account starts with $10. Every month, the amount of money in the account is tripled.” Is this a linear situation or an exponential situation?

• Linear

• Exponential

“A bank account starts with $10. Every month, the amount of money in the account is tripled.” Write an equation to represent this situation

• y=3(10)^x

• y=10(3)^x

• y=10(1.3)^x

• y=3x+10

“At the start of a carnival, you have 50 ride tickets. Each time you ride the roller coaster, you have to pay 6 tickets.”

• Linear

• Exponential

“There are 20,000 owls in the wild. Every decade, the number of owls is halved.” Can this be modeled with a linear or exponential equation?

• Linear

• Exponential

Write an equation to represent the below situation “A library has 8000 books, and is adding 500 more books each year.”

• y=8000-500x

• y=8000*50^x

• y=500x+8000

• y=8000(1.5)^x