Average Rate of Change - Word Problems

A climber is on a hike. After 2 hours he is at an altitude of 400 feet. After 6 hours, he is at an altitude of 700 feet. What is the average rate of change? 

• 200
• 150
• 300
• 75

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

At 0 seconds, Mrs. Taylor was 10 feet off the ground.  At 5 seconds, she was 20 feet off the ground.  What is her rate in feet per second?

• 10 feet per second
• 5 feet per second
• 2 feet per second
• 6 feet per second

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Average Rate of Change is also known as...

• y-intercept
• x-intercept
• linear
• slope

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

How would you describe the slope in the picture?

• Positive
• Negative
• Zero
• Undefined

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

How would you describe the slope in the picture?

• Positive
• Negative
• Zero
• Undefined

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

A rocket is 1.5 miles above the Earth in 20 seconds and is 8 miles above the Earth in 2 minutes. What is the rocket's rate of change in miles per second?

• 0.065 mps

• 0.361 mps

• 3.892 mps

• 4.145 mps

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

The Jamison family kept a log of the distance they traveled during a trip, as represented by the graph below. During which interval was their average speed the greatest?

• the first hour to the second hour

• the second hour to the fourth hour

• the sixth hour to the eighth hour

• the eighth hour to the tenth hour

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

The table below shows the snowfall in a north-eastern city in inches for the first week in January.

Find the average rate of change in the number of inches of snowfall from January 8 to January 11.

• 2/3 in/day

• 2 in./day

• 3 in./day

• 6 in./day

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

Find the average rate of change of Pete's height from 3 years old to 5 years old.

• 2 inches per year
• 8 inches per year
• 2 years
• 4 inches per year

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

What is Mrs. Gordon's rate from 0 to 2 seconds?

• 2.5 feet per second
• .4 feet per second
• 5 feet per second
• .2 feet per second

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6