Math Slope Test

The cookie of the month club charges $1.50 for each cookie and a $5 shipping fee. Name the independent variable in the scenario.

• Number of cookies sold

• Total cost of the cookies bought

• Each cookie cost of $1.50

• The shipping fee

How would changing the y-intercept from (0, 0) to (0, -2) translate the line?

• Line moves 2 units right

• Line moves 2 unit left

• Line moves 2 units up

• Line moves 2 units down

Write the equation for the line in slope-intercept form.

• $y=-x+3$

• $y=4x+3$

• $y=\frac{1}{4}x+3$

• $y=-4x+3$

What is the slope and y-intercept of the graph?

• Slope: 3

  y-intercept: -8

• Slope: -3

  y-intercept: 8

• Slope: -3

  y-intercept: -8

• Slope: 3

  y-intercept: 8

Write an equation in slope-intercept form.

Graph y=3x + 4

If a linear function has a slope of 0.5 and a y-intercept of -1, what is the equation of the function?

• y = 0.5x + 1

• y = -0.5x + 1

• y = -0.5x - 1

• y = 0.5x - 1

What is the effect of changing the slope of a linear function?

• Changes the steepness of the line

• Moves the line left or right

• Moves the line up or down

• Changes the y-intercept

How would you describe the key characteristics of a linear function?

• Standard deviation, variance

• Mean, median, mode

• Slope, y-intercept, independent and dependent variables

• Range, domain, mode