Riddle Me This
Arithmetic & Vocabulary
Graphing Linear Functions
Slope
Building Equations
Parallel & Perpendicular
100

What has many rings but no fingers?

Saturn!

100

Determine if the following sequence is arithmetic. If it is, determine the common difference.

1, 2, 3 , 5, ...

No.

100

Graph  y=1/2x-4

Start at -4, go up 1 over 2.

100

Identify the slope of the linear equation  y=-x+6 

 

m=-1

100

Write the linear function in this graph:

y=20x-15

100

Are these lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

y=-4x-1 and y=-2x-2

Neither!

200

What is at the end of a rainbow?

The letter W!

200

Determine if the following sequence is arithmetic. If it is, determine the common difference.

1/2, 2, 3 1/2, 5, ...

Yes,

d=1 1/2

200

Graph  y=-x-5 

Start at -5, go down 1, right 1

200

Find the slope of a line that passes through the points (0, 5) and (2, 10)

m = 5/2

200

Write a linear function with a slope of -9 and a y-intercept of 5

y =-9x+5

200

Find the slope of a line that is parallel to 

y=5/9x+31

m=5/9

300

What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?

Your left hand!

300

Define "Slope".

Slope is the rate of change for a linear function. We can use slope to graph by using

m=(rise)/(run)

300

Graph  x+y=4 

Intercepts at x=4 and y=4

300

What is the slope of the linear function  y=14 

m=0

300

Write a linear function that contains the points (0,2) and (-4,5).

y =3/4x +2

300

Find the slope of a line that is perpendicular to 

y=5/9x+31

m=-9/5

400

How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

Concrete floors are very hard to crack :)

400

What are the three forms we have learned to write a linear equation?

Slope-Intercept Form

Standard Form

Point-Slope Form

400

Graph  2x-y=4

Intercepts at x=2 and y=-4

400

Find the slope of a linear function that contains the points (-2.5 , 9) and (5 , -13.5)

m=(-13.5-9)/(5-(-2.5))=-22.5/7.5

m=-3

400

T-Mobile charges $100 per month for a family plan for four people. They also charge a one time set up fee of $25. Write a function to show how much money someone spends in total after x months.

y=100x+25

400

Find the line Parallel to y=-1/2x+4 and contains the point (1,0)

y=-1/2x+1/2

500

I can count the time but not the hour.

You cannot take me with you when you take a shower.

I start off strong but end up a puddle. 

What am I?

A Candle!

500

Define "Independent Variable" and "Dependent Variable".

See student responses.

500

Graph -6y + 4x = 12 

Intercepts at x=3 and y=-2

500

Write the equation of the table below. 

x     -1      2     5    8

y    -2      7    16    25

y = 3x + 1

500

A 2 foot tall pine tree was planted.  The tree grows at an average rate of 3/4 foot per year.

Write a linear function and use it solve for how tall the tree is after 12 years.

y=3/4x+2

y=3/4(12)+2

 y=9+2=11  Feet

500

Find the line Perpendicular to y=2/3x+10 and contains the point (-4, -5)

y=-3/2x-11

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