Slope and Intercept 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

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

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

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

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

• 18

• 21

• 122

• 130

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Bob has $150 in his savings account and saves $40 per month.  Which equation represents the amount Bob has in his account after x months?

• y = 150 + 40

• y = 40x + 150

• y = 150x + 40

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

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

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CCSS.HSF-BF.A.1A

Write the equation that represents this word problem:

Quincy notices that a tree grows by about one inch every month since bought it. When he bought the tree, it was 18 inches tall.

• y= 18x + 1

• y= 18x - 1

• y= x + 18

• y= x - 18

• Answer Not Here

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

How many customers will they serve after 5 hours?

• 80

• 40

• 400

• 5

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

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

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

What does the slope show?

• shots each player made

• games per shots

• shots made per game

• greens per game

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

Neo has already written 1 page, and she expects to write 1 page for every additional hour spent writing. Write an equation that shows the relationship between the hours spent writing x and the total pages written y.

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CCSS.HSF-BF.A.1A