Unit: Linear Functions Name _____________________________________
Student Handout 1 Date _____________________________Pd______
SLOPE AND RATE OF CHANGE
Jerry has two hills near his house that he can choose from to go sledding. A side view of each hill
is given below.
a. Compare the vertical distance, or rise, of each hill.
HILL A HILL B
20 YD
20 YD
b. Compare the horizontal distance, or run, of each hill.
c. Which hill is steeper? Explain your reasoning. 30 YD 20 YD
• On graphs of linear relationships, slope describes the _______________ of a line.
SLOPE • Slope is the ratio of the _____________ change compared to the ______________
RISE
change, or RUN . Slope is equal to the ________ of ______________ of the graph.
y y y y
Review the four types of
slope by labeling each graph x x x x
at the right:
Find the slope of each graph by comparing the ratio of the rise over the run.
1. 2. 3.
slope:_________ slope:_________ slope:_________
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Use your knowledge of slope and rate of change to answer each question.
4. Clark loads boxes of paper on a pallet before 5. Lainey set up a lemonade stand. The graph
shipping them. The graph shows the linear below shows the amount of money in her
relationship between the number of boxes of cash register with respect to the number of
copy paper and the weight of the pallet. Find the customers Lainey
rate of change of has served. Find
the pallet weight with the rate of change.
WEIGHT (LBS)
respect to the
DOLLARS
number of boxes.
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______________ # OF BOXES ______________ # OF CUSTOMERS
6. A cold front hit Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the 7. Jacob hopes to read at least 4 pages every
graph shows the outside temperature with 5 minutes in his sci-fi book. The graph shows
respect to the time passed in hours. Find the the rate at which he reads. Did Jacob meet
rate of change of the temperature over time. his goal? Explain.
# OF PAGES READ
TEMPERATURE (OF)
TIME (HR) ______________ # OF MINUTES
8. Three lines are graphed below. Use the information in the table to help you fill in the missing
rate of change and record the letter of each line that matches the situation.
RATE OF LINE
SITUAT ION LINE A
CHANGE
Saving $11 every 3 weeks
EB
Saving $9 every 2 weeks LI N
C
Spending $7 every week LINE
Summarize today’s lesson:
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