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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does the slope represent in this context?
The number of eggs that fit in the basket
The mass per egg
The mass of the basket
Amount of eggs per basket
- 2. Multiple Choice
An elevator travels down from the top floor of a skyscraper. Its height, in feet, is given by the equation h=800-8t, where h represents the elevator's height, in feet, and t represents the time, in seconds. What could the number 8 represent in the equation?
How quickly the elevator decends, in feet per minute
The height the elevator stars at
The elevator's final height
The elevator's height after one second
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does the slope represent in this context?
The height of the screw head above the wood before Tanvir rotated the screwdriver
The number of millimeters per rotation that the screw height changes
The number of rotations it takes to change the screw head height by 111 millimeter
The number of rotations it takes to get the screw into the wood.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the y-intercept represent in this context?
The height of the screw head above the wood before Tanvir rotated the screwdriver
The number of millimeters per rotation that the screw height changes
The number of rotations it takes to change the screw head height by 111 millimeter
The number of rotations it takes to get the screw into the wood.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does the slope represent in this situation?
The temperature starts at 35 degrees at 9 am.
The temperatures rises 35 degrees per hour.
The temperature rises 5 degrees per hour.
The temperature rises 10 degrees per hour.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does the y-intercept represent in this situation, beginning at 9 am?
The temperature is 35 degrees at 9 am.
The temperature is rising 10 degrees per hour.
The temperature is 35 degrees at midnight.
The temperature is rising 1 degree per hour.
The temperature is rising 35 degrees per hour.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does the slope represent in this situation?
$40 per week spent on candy
$1 spent every 2 weeks on buying candy
$40 he started with before buying candy
$2 spent per week to buy candy
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the y-intercept represent?
$40 lost buying candy
40 weeks of losing money by buying candy
$40 in the saving account when he started buying candy
$2 lost per week from savings to buy candy
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the slope represent in this context?
Hank gains 158 pounds per week.
Hank has a starting weight of 158 pounds.
Hanks gains 1.5 pounds per week.
Hank loses 1.5 pound per week.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does the y-intercept mean in this context?
Hank has a starting weight of 158 pounds.
Hank loses 1.5 pounds per week.
Hank now has a weight of 156.5 pounds.
Hank loses 158 pounds per week.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which statement is true about the table?
The flower starts with a height of 0 inches and grows at a rate of 8 inches per day.
The flower starts with a height of 3 inches and grows at a rate of 8 inches per day.
The flower starts with a height of 8 inches and grows at a rate of 11 inches per day.
The flower starts with a height of 8 inches and grows at a rate of 3 inches per day.
- 12. Multiple Choice
To prepare for a recent road trip, Jill filled up her 19-gallon tank. She estimates that her SUV will use about three gallons per hour. Write an equation to model the amount of gasoline, G, remaining in her tank after t hours.
G=19 – 3t
G=19 + 3t
G=3 - 19t
G=3 + 19t
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe graph represents the height of a burning candle. What is the meaning of the y-intercept?the time it takes to burn the entire candlethe rate at which the candle is losing heightthe change in the height of the candle each hourthe original height of the candle
- 14. Multiple ChoiceRich is a member of a gym. He pays a monthly fee plus a per-visit fee. The equation below represents the monthly amount Rich pays for his membership to the gym per month for x visits.
y=3x+10
What does the y-intercept of the graph of this equation represent?The monthly feeHow much Rich pays per visitThe number of times Rich goes to the gymThe total cost at the end of the month - 15. Multiple ChoiceCharlie rented a moving truck. He paid a daily fee plus a per-mile fee to rent the truck. The equation below represents the daily amount Charlie paid for the truck if he drives it x miles.
y=0.5x+10
What does the slope of the graph of this equation represent?The daily fee for the moving truckThe per-mile fee for the moving truckHow much Charlie paid for the truckThe number of miles he drove - Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags