Slope Word Problems

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

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

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

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Which statement describes the rate of change of the line?

• $20 each week

• $30 each week

• $25 each week

• $70 each week

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8.4.B

What is the slope?

• $2/1 mile drive

• $1/2 miles driven

• 2 miles driven/$1 

• 1 mile driven/$2

Which company shows a greater rate of change?

• Water's Edge Rafts

• Ryan's Rafts

Which of the following situations does not have the same unit rate as the graph shown?

• Asher buys gum for $0.20 a piece.

• A daycare has six workers for every 30 children.

• Melanie reads 9 pages of her book every 45 minutes.

• Richie earns $10 every 2 hours to pet sit for his neighbor.

Write the equation

• y = 25x

• y = 100x - 25

• y = -25x + 100

• y = 25/100x