Linear Equation's Vocabulary

What is the standard form of a linear equation?

• y = mx + b

• y = a/x + b

In the linear equation y = mx + b, what does y represent?

• the dependent variable

• the slope of the line

• the independent variable

• the y-intercept

In the linear equation y = mx + b, what does m represent?

• the coefficient

• the constant term

• the variable

• the exponent

In the linear equation y = mx + b, what does x represent?

• the independent variable

• the dependent variable

• the slope

• the y-intercept

In the linear equation y = mx + b, what does b represent?

• the y-intercept

• the slope

• the x-intercept

• the origin

True or False: The point of intersection can also be found when two equations are set equal to each other!

• True

• False

What does CROC stand for?

• Constant Rate of Change

• Critical Ratio of Change

• Calculated Rate of Conversion

• Continuous Ratio of Calculation

CROC determines if a relationship between two variables is linear or not.

• True

• False

CROC is the coefficient in equations, the slope in graphs, and the change in y’s as x increases by 1 in tables.

• True

• False

What is the coefficient in mathematics? Fill in the blank: The _______ multiplied to the variable is called the coefficient.

• number

• letter

• symbol

• equation