Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: A

8.4c rate of change

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The table shows the number of the gallons gasoline in car’s tank afther the car has been driven x miles. What
is slope ?
GASOLINE USAGE
Miles Driven Gallons of
gasoline in tank
X Y
9 15.2
17 13.6
22 12.6
36 9.8
48 7.4
57 5.6
64 4.2
1 3
a. c.
20 20
b. 1 d. 1
4 5

____ 2. Emily sell greeting cards. The graph models the linear relationship between the number of boxes of cards she
sells and her profit.

Whichof these best describes the profit emily makes from selling these cards ?

a. 6 dollars per box

b. 8 dollars per box
c. 20 dollars per box
d. 4 dollars per box

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____ 3. What are the slope and y intercept of the grpah of linear function shown on the grid ?

1 1
a. , –5.3 c. , –3.3
6 2
1 11
b. , –6.3 d.  , –5.3
8 6

____ 4. The grpah of linear function is shown on the coordinate grid.

What is the y intercept of the linear function ?

a. 2 c. 4
b. –3 d. 0

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____ 5. Bruce will buy the same number of stamps every month to add to a stamp collection her grandfother gave
her. The table shows the number if stamps Bruce will have at the end of x months
CAROLYN’S STAMP COLLECTION

Number of months, X 1 3 5 8
Number of Stamps, Y 100 140 180 240
a. Bruce was given 140 stamps, and will buy 3 stamps everymonth
b. Bruce was given 100 stamps, and will buy 80 stamps everymonth
c. Bruce was given 20 stamps, and will buy 80 stamps everymonth
d. Bruce was given 80 stamps, and will buy 20 stamps everymonth

____ 6. The graph of linear function is shown on the coordinate grid.

What is the Y intercept of the graph of the linear function ?

a. 2 c. –2
b. 4 d. –1

____ 7. The function y = 2.75x+3.5can be used to find the cost of joining an online music club and buying x songs
from the website. Based on this information, which statement about the graph of this situation is true ?

a. The y-intercept of the graph represents the cost of each song.

b. The slope of the graph represents the number of the songs each member buys when
visiting the website.
c. The y-intercept of the graph represents the cost of joining the music club.
d. The slope of the graph represents the total number of songs bought by members of the
club.

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____ 8. The function y = 6.75x+3.5can be used to find the cost of joining an online music club and buying x songs
from the website. Based on this information, which statement about the graph of this situation is true ?

a. The slope of the graph represents the number of the songs each member buys when
visiting the website.
b. The y-intercept of the graph represents the cost of each song.
c. The slope of the graph represents the total number of songs bought by members of the
club.
d. The slope of the graph represents the cost of each song.

____ 9. A scientist needs to print a research report on her computer’s printer. If she prints in black ink only, b(t) =
250- 44t decribes the number of pages left to print after t minutes. If she prints in colored ink, c(t) = 250 - 28t
describes number of pages left to print after t minutes. Based on this information, which staetment is true ?
a. The printer prints 16 more pages per minute in colored in than black ink.
b. The printer prints 16 fewer pages per minute in colored ink than in black ink.
c. The printer prints the entire research report in 250 minutes.
d. The printer prints the same number of pages per minute in either type of ink.

____ 10. A scientist needs to print a research report on her computer’s printer. If sje prints in black ink only, b(t) =
224- 47t decribes the number of pages left to print after t minutes. If she prints in colored ink, c(t) = 224 - 26t
describes number of pages left to print after t minutes. Based on this information, which staetment is true ?
a. The printer prints the entire research report in 224 minutes.
b. The printer prints 21 more pages per minute in colored in than black ink.
c. The printer prints the same number of pages per minute in either type of ink.
d. The printer prints 21 more pages per minute in black ink than in colored ink.

____ 11. The average blue whale gains weight at a constant rate each day during its first six months of life. The
relation ship between the average blue whale’s wieght in tons, w, and its age in days, d, for the first six
months of its life can be modeled by the function w = 1.1d+2. Based on this relation ship, which statement is
not true for the average blue whale?
a. The average blue whale gins 1.1 ton per dat during its first six months of life.
b. The average blue whale weighs 2 tons at birth
c. When the average blue whale is 13 days old, it weighs 20.3 tons.
d. When the average blue whale weighs 30.6 tons, it is 26 days old.

____ 12. The average blue whale gains weight at a constant rate each day during its first six months of life. The
relation ship between the average blue whale’s wieght in tons, w, and its age in days, d, for the first six
months of its life can be modeled by the function w = 0.3d+5. Based on this relation ship, which statement is
true for the average blue whale?
a. When the average blue whale weighs 12.2 tons, it is 24 days old.
b. The average blue whale gins 5 ton per dat during its first six months of life.
c. The average blue whale weighs 0.3 tons at birth
d. When the average blue whale is 15 days old, it weighs 13.5 tons.

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____ 13. The graphs shows the cost of attending a county fair on thursday ad on Saturday and playing x games each
day
Thursday Saturday

a. The cost of each game on thursday is $ 1.50 less than the cost of each game on saturday
b. ??
c. 1
d. 1

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Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: D PTS: 1
2. ANS: C PTS: 1
3. ANS: A PTS: 1
4. ANS: A PTS: 1
5. ANS: D PTS: 1
6. ANS: B PTS: 1
7. ANS: C PTS: 1
8. ANS: D PTS: 1
9. ANS: B PTS: 1
10. ANS: D PTS: 1
11. ANS: C PTS: 1
12. ANS: A PTS: 1
13. ANS: B PTS: 1

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A
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_____ 8. B 13.
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D
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B
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B
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D 10.
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C
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C 11.
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C
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A 12.
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