Setting Up Slope Intercept Word Problems

Apeach has already taken 4 pages of notes on his own, and he will take 3 pages during each hour of class. Write an equation that shows the relationship between the time in class x and the number of pages y.

Write the equation

• y = 25x

• y = 100x - 25

• y = -25x + 100

• y = 25/100x

What does the y-intercept represent on this graph?

• starting salary is 100,000

• salary per day

• Director's salary

• every day is 100,000

Write the equation that represents this word problem: Marsha gets a job that pays $15 per hour, and she started the week with $20

• y= 15x + 20

• y= 20x + 15

• y= 15 + 20

• y= 20 + 15

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Write the equation that represents this word problem:

Miles makes tacos at a restaurant. He has already made 8 tacos, and can make 3 tacos per minute.

• y= 8x + 3x

• y= 3x + 8

• y= 8x + 3

• y= 3 + 8

• Answer Not Here

An amusement park has an entrance fee, and then there is a cost to ride each ride. The total cost (y) can be modeled by y=1.5x+20 where x is the number of rides you ride. What does the y intercept represent?

• Number of rides

• The entrance fee

• The cost for food

• The cost per ride

How many candy bars will be sold if there were 18 sellers?

• 18

• 21

• 122

• 130

Bob has $150 in his savings account and saves $40 per month.  Which equation represents the amount Bob has in his account after x months?

• y = 150 + 40

• y = 40x + 150

• y = 150x + 40

How many customers will they serve after 5 hours?

• 80

• 40

• 400

• 5

What does the y intercept represent?

• The amount of cases already chopped

• The amount of cases he can chop in an hour

• His starting salary

• The hours Jared works