Y = Why Though? (Linear Equations)
Story (Problem) Time
Angle Management (Geometry)
Triggy Smalls (Right Triangle Trig)
Eliminate and Chill (Multiple Choice Strategy)
100

Solve: 2x + 5 = 17

x = 6

100

A gym charges a $15 sign-up fee plus $8 per class. Write an equation for the total cost y after x classes.

y = 8x + 15

100

What is the sum of the angles in a triangle?

180 degrees

100

The trig ratio of sin is represented by what?

___________

Opposite

__________

Hypotenuse

100

Solve:

3x=213x=213x=21

A. 3
B. 6
C. 7
D. 9

Which answer can you eliminate immediately because it is too small?

A: 3

200

What is the slope of this line: y = -3x+8

m = -3

200

A ladder leans against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 6 feet from the wall and the ladder is 10 feet long. How high up the wall does the ladder reach?

h = 8 feet

200

A right triangle has one acute angle measuring 35°. What is the other acute angle?

55 degrees

200

A right triangle has:

  • opposite side = 3
  • hypotenuse = 5

What trig ratio would you use? What would it be?

Sin = 3/5

200

If a graph has a negative slope, which answer choices can you eliminate?

A. Positive slopes
B. Fractions
C. Decimals
D. Negative numbers

A: Positive slopes

300

A line passes through (2,5) and (6,13). What is the slope?

m = 2

300

A phone battery starts at 90% and loses 5% every hour. Write an equation for the battery level after h hours.

y = 90 - 5h

300

What is the length of a rectangle that is 60 square units and has a width of 5.

 

Length = 12 units

300

A ladder leans against a wall. The ladder is 10 feet long and reaches 8 feet up the wall. Which trig ratio would help find the angle with the ground?

A. Sine
B. Cosine
C. Tangent
D. None

cosine

300

A student solves:

2x+4=102x+4=102x+4=10

Which answer is reasonable?

A. 3
B. 30
C. 300
D. -100

A: 3

400

Solve: 4(x-2)=20

x = 7

400

A rectangular garden has a length that is 5 feet longer than its width. The area of the garden is 84 square feet. Find the dimensions of the garden.

The width is 7 feet and the length is 12 feet.

400

A circle has radius 4. What is the area? Round to the hundredths place.

A = πr2

50.27square units

400

A right triangle has:

  • adjacent = 12
  • hypotenuse = 13

Which trig ratio should be used to find the angle?

cosine

400

A problem asks for AREA, but a student chooses an answer measured only in inches. Why is that probably wrong?

Area should be in square units.

500

Which equation represents a line with slope 3 and y-intercept -2?

A. y=−2x+3
B. y=3x−2
C. y=2x+3
D. y = -3x - 2

B: y = 3x -2

500

A school is selling tickets to a fundraiser. Student tickets cost $5 and adult tickets cost $9. The school sold 120 tickets total and made $780. How many adult tickets were sold?

45 adult tickets were sold.

500

A right triangle has a hypotenuse that is 10 inches and a leg that is 3 inches. What is the length of the other leg? Round to the hundredths place.

9.54 inches

500

Which sides does tangent compare?

Opposite/Adjacent

500

A movie theater sells adult tickets for $12 and student tickets for $8. A group buys 10 tickets total and spends $96. How many student tickets were sold?

6 student tickets were sold.