Vocabulary
Evaluating Function Rules
Independent & Dependent
Domain & Range
Is it a Function?
100

Another name for the set of input values or x

What is the domain.

100

Evaluate f(2) if f(x)=-3x

What is -6?

100

You and a friend are studying for a quiz. You want to get a higher score than your friend, so you decide to spend exactly 20 more minutes studying than your friend does. The relationship between these two variables can be expressed by the equation y=x+20, where x is the number of minutes your friend spends studying, and y is the number of minutes you spend studying. Identify the independent (x) and dependent (y) variables.

Independent (x) Variable: The number of minutes your friend spends studying. Dependent (y) Variable: The number of minutes you spend studying.

100

State the domain and range:

xy
37
59
38

D: {3, 5} R: {7, 8, 9}

100
Is it a function? Justify your answer. {(2, 3), (4, 5), ( -2, 6)}
Yes, each input has exactly one output.
200

Another name for output values or y?

What is range?

200

Evaluate f(7) if f(x)= -(4x+2)

What is -30?

200

Identify the independent (x) variable: The relationship between the number of hours worked and the amount of money earned.

The number of hours worked.

200

Is  3x + 4y = 12 a function? the domain and range: 

 R: {-1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 6}

200

Is 42 + y= 15 a linear function?

No

300

A relationship between input and output values. Each input has exactly one output value.

What is the definition of a function?

300

Evaluate f(-6) if f(x)=x^2 - 9

What is 27?

300

Identify the dependent (y) variable: The relationship between your allowance and the number of chores you do.

Your allowance.

300

Function or not:

No

300
Is it a function? Justify your answer.
x y
2 4
1 5
2 6
No, the input of 2 has two different outputs.
400

Which variable is the input, and which one is the output? 

(Which one is the x-variable, which one is the y-variable?)

x-variable is the input, y-variable is the output or 

(x - independent, y - dependent)

400

Evaluate f(x)=25 - 4x and x is 5

What is 5?

400

Identify the independent (x) and dependent variables (y): You are buying boxes of cookies at a bakery. Each box of cookies costs $4.

Independent Variable: The number boxes of cookies purchased. Dependent Variable: How much you spend at the bakery.

400

what is the range of this function?


What is 3, 1, -1, 2, 5

400
Is it a function? Justify your answer.
Yes, it passes the Vertical Line Test.
500
What is the test to tell if a graph is a function?
Vertical Line Test
500

Evaluate f(x)=42 if f(x)=3x+15

x = 9

500

Identify the independent (x) and dependent (y) variables: On your math quiz, you earn 5 points for each question that you answer correctly.

Independent Variable: Number of questions answered correctly. Dependent Variable: Score on the quiz.

500


List the domain of this function.



D: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

500

Is it a function? Justify your answer.

Yes, each input has exactly one output.

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