Real-World Slopes: Interpreting and Writing Equations

A car travels 150 miles in 3 hours. What is the slope of the distance over time?

• 30 miles per hour

• 75 miles per hour

• 50 miles per hour

• 100 miles per hour

A gardener plants 20 flowers in 4 rows. What is the slope of flowers per row?

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 8

A cyclist rides 60 miles in 2 hours. How would you express the slope of distance over time in an equation?

• slope = 15 miles per hour

• slope = 60 miles per hour

• slope = 30 miles per hour

• slope = 20 miles per hour

A store sells 5 apples for $2. What is the slope representing the cost per apple?

• 1.00

• 0.50

• 0.40

• 0.25

A runner completes a 10K race in 50 minutes. What is the slope of distance over time?

• 12 km/h

• 8 km/h

• 15 km/h

• 10 km/h

A train travels 180 miles in 3 hours. Write an equation to represent the slope of distance over time.

• m = 60 miles per hour

• m = 30 miles per hour

• m = 90 miles per hour

• m = 45 miles per hour

A recipe requires 3 cups of flour for 12 cookies. What is the slope of cups of flour per cookie?

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 2/3

A student reads 30 pages in 2 hours. What is the slope of pages read per hour?

• 25 pages per hour

• 20 pages per hour

• 10 pages per hour

• 15 pages per hour

A factory produces 200 toys in 5 hours. Write an equation to find the slope of toys produced per hour.

• 30 toys per hour

• 50 toys per hour

• 40 toys per hour

• 25 toys per hour

A hiker climbs 300 feet in 15 minutes. What is the slope of feet climbed per minute?

• 20 feet per minute

• 30 feet per minute

• 25 feet per minute

• 15 feet per minute