Definitions
Slope
y-intercept
Linear Equations
Word Problems
100
A relationship in which there is a constant rate of change between two variables.
What is a linear relationship?
100
The variable for slope in this equation: y = mx + b
What is m?
100
y = mx + b
What is b?
100
The slope-intercept equation.
What is y = mx + b?
100
Alana walks 1 meter per second. Gilberto walks 2 meters per second. How much faster will Gilberto walk 100 meters?
What is 50 seconds?
200
The steepness of a line. The ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between any two points on the line.
What is slope?
200
The slope of the line that fits this statement: A ride in a cab costs $0.40 plus $0.15 per mile.
What is $0.15?
200
A ride in a cab costs $0.40 plus $0.15 per mile.
What is $0.40?
200
The value of x: 3x + 7 = 5x - 13.
What is 10?
200
A ride in a cab costs $0.40 plus $0.15 per mile. How much does the cab charge for a trip of 8 miles?
What is $1.60?
300
The point where a graph crosses the y-axis.
What is y-intercept?
300
The slope of a line that passes through these points: (-4,6) and (-4,2)
What is 0?
300
The value of x at the y-intercept in the equation: y = 5x - 7.
What is 0.
300
The value of x: 3x + 5 = - 20
What is - 8 1/3?
300
A ride in a cab costs $0.40 plus $0.15 per mile. The cab charges $0.70 for a ride of how many miles?
What is 2 miles?
400

The vertical change between two points on a graph.



What is the rise?

400

The slope of a line that passes through these points: (9,6) and (7,2)



What is 2?

400
The y-intercept of a line that passes through the points: (1,6) and (5,14)
What is 4?
400

The value of x: 11 = -3x - 10



What is -7?

400

A movie theater membership costs $75 a year plus $2 per movie. For non-members the cost of a movie is $5.75. The number of movies after which membership saves money.


What is 20?

500
A number that is multiplied by a variable in an equation or expression.
What is coefficient? (also accepted: rate or slope)
500
The slope of the line that fits the equation: y = (4x + 17) / (-8)
What is -1/2?
500
The y-intercept of a line that passes through the points: (8,10) and (1,4).
What is 3 1/7?
500
The equation of a line that contains the points (2,13) and (6,33).
What is y=5x + 3?
500
Big A's Bike Rentals charges $300 plus $20 per bike to rent a bike for a week. Little Cheeper's rental shop charges $50 plus $35 per bike for a week. What is the greatest number of bikes rented before Big A's Bike rentals is a less expensive option?
What is 16?