Word Problems
Solving for slop and/or y-intercept
Graphing
100
A washer and a dryer cost $600 combined. The cost of the washer is three times the cost of the dryer. What is the cost of the dryer?
150
100
Find the slope of the line passing through the points
(−6, 6) and (4,- 7)
.
-13/10
100
Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-5,- 2) and (3,- 9)
.
-7/8
200
On Saturday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 456 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Saturday?
114
200
Find the slope of the line passing through the points
(−1, 9) and (−6, 5)
.
[[4]/[5]]
200
Write the equation given this graph
y=[[3]/[5]]x-[[8]/[5]]
300
Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has an $11 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.17 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a $26 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.12 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?
300
300
For each ordered pair, determine whether it is a solution to 2x-5y=11
(3,-1)
(4,2)
(-7,-5)
(-9,4)
Yes, No,Yes, No
300
Graph the line x=8
.
Go to Powerpoint
400
Nicole, Boris, and Jim sent a total of 80 text messages during the weekend. Nicole sent 8 fewer messages than Boris. Jim sent 2 times as many messages as Boris. How many messages did they each send?
Nicole Sent:14
Boris Sent: 22
Jim Sent:44
400
The equation of a line is given below. 2x+y=3. Find the slope and the y-intercept.
Slope=-2
y=3
400
The equation of a line is given below.
-2x+4y=16
Find the slope and the y-intercept.
Then use them to graph the line.
Go to Powerpoint
500
Customers of a phone company can choose between two service plans for long distance calls. The first plan has a $22 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.09 for each minute of calls. The second plan has a $13 monthly fee and charges an additional $0.14 for each minute of calls. For how many minutes of calls will the costs of the two plans be equal?
180 minutes
500
The equation of a line is given below. 12x-3y=9
Find the slope and the y -intercept.
slope=4
y=-3
500
The equation of a line is given below.
3x+5y=-15
Find the x and y intercepts. Then use them to graph the line.
x=-5
y=-3
- go to powerpoint for graph