Apple Picking Rates and Slope

Apple Picking Rates and Slope

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

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The video tutorial for Grade 8 Math, Unit 3.3C, focuses on using slopes to compare unit rates. It begins with an introduction to unit rates and slopes, explaining how to calculate the slope of a line using the change in Y and X values. The tutorial then compares the apple picking rates of two families, Family A and Family B, using equations and graphs. Family A's rate is represented by an equation, while Family B's rate is shown on a graph. The video concludes by determining that Family A picks apples faster and introduces the next unit on non-proportional relationships.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a unit rate?

A rate with a variable second quantity

A rate with no second quantity

A rate with a second quantity of one unit

A rate with a second quantity of more than one unit

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you find the slope of a line?

By adding the x-values and y-values

By multiplying the x-values and y-values

By subtracting the x-values from the y-values

By dividing the change in y-values by the change in x-values

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the equation y = 2.75x represent in the apple picking problem?

The total time taken by Family A to pick apples

The rate of apples picked by Family A in bushels per hour

The number of apples picked by Family A in total

The number of apples picked by Family B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is Family A's apple picking rate calculated?

By guessing the rate

By using a graph

By observing Family B's rate

By using a table and the given equation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the slope of Family A's apple picking rate?

2.0 bushels per hour

2.75 bushels per hour

3.0 bushels per hour

2.5 bushels per hour

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is Family B's apple picking rate determined?

By using a table

By using a graph

By using a calculator

By using an equation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the slope of Family B's apple picking rate?

3.0 bushels per hour

2.5 bushels per hour

2.75 bushels per hour

2.0 bushels per hour

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which family picks apples faster?

Neither family picks apples

Both families pick at the same rate

Family B

Family A

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the next topic after comparing unit rates?

Basic arithmetic

Non-proportional relationships

Proportional relationships

Advanced calculus