Exploring Slope — Test Answers

The first step to solve the equation is shown below.Which property was applied in this step?

What is another way to write the equation ?

What is the value of x in the equation ?

Which equation, when solved, results in a different value of x than the other three?

Mrs. McAlister wrote the equation on the board and asked students to write an equivalent equation. The table below shows the responses from four students.Student ResponsesNameEquationMichelePiotrRonnieTanishaWhich student wrote an equation that is equivalent to Mrs. McAlister’s?

The ordered pairs in the table below represent a linear function.xy6298What is the slope of the function?

Removing which point from the coordinate plane would make the graph a function of x?

What is the value of x?

A line passes through the point (–7, 5) and has a slope of . Which is another point that the line passes through?

Four friends are playing a game. They randomly choose a handful of marbles from a bag. The player with the highest ratio of blue marbles to purple marbles gets to go first. Number of MarblesNameBlue MarblesPurple MarblesRosa1012Chi56Alberto512Pedro106Which player gets to go first?

The point is plotted on the number line. What whole number best approximates the value of x?

Which point best approximates?

The graph below models the value of a $20,000 car t years after it was purchased. Value of CarWhich statement best describes why the value of the car is a function of the number of years since it was purchased?

A piece of climbing equipment at a playground is 6 feet high and extends 4 feet horizontally. A piece of climbing equipment at a gym is 10 feet high and extends 6 feet horizontally. Which statement best compares the slopes of the two pieces of equipment?

Michelle and Andrea are walking laps for charity. The amount of money, y, that each girl raises for a certain number of laps, x, is shown in the tables below.MichelleAndreaWhich statement explains who will raise $100 with the fewest number of laps?

The graph below displays the wrist circumferences and heights of six students in Alyssa’s classroom. Is the height of these students a function of their wrist circumference?

This is Daniela’s work to solve the equation .Which property did Daniela need to use to avoid her error?

Which is the best estimate of to the nearest tenth?

Bianca graphed her weight and height over the past several years.Which describes the slope of the line on Bianca’s graph?

Lin can type 192 words in 6 minutes. Hoi can type 112 words in 4 minutes. Which statement is true?