D.

05 Rates of Change HW Name: Period:

Write a possible real life situation for each graph. Be sure to include what the rate of change means.
1) km 2) km

hours
hours

3) Little Bill is racing Grandad, and Grandad gave Little Bill a head start. Their progress is graphed below.

What is Little Bill’s rate of change?

What is Granddad’s rate of change?

Who is going faster? _________________

Proof (work or explanation):

D.05 Rates of Change HW Name: Period:

Write a possible real life situation for each graph. Be sure to include what the rate of change means.
1) km 2) km

hours
hours

3) Little Bill is racing Grandad, and Grandad gave Little Bill a head start. Their progress is graphed below.

What is Little Bill’s rate of change?

What is Granddad’s rate of change?

Who is going faster? _________________

Proof (work or explanation):
Calculate the rate of change for each situation below. Remember, the rate of change is a fraction in simplest form with
how much the y-values grow or shrink over how much the x-values grow or shrink.

7) Solve the following equation.
4 ( p +5)−8=3 p−4− p
8) Define your variable, write an equation and solve.
James is planning out his Thanksgiving break events. His mom wants him
to play basketball for one more than three times as many hours as he plays
video games. James wants the difference in the number of hours for
basketball and video games to be 23 hours. How many hours will James
play basketball over spring break?

Calculate the rate of change for each situation below. Remember, the rate of change is a fraction in simplest form with
how much the y-values grow or shrink over how much the x-values grow or shrink.

7) Solve the following equation.
4 ( p +5)−8=3 p−4− p
8) Define your variable, write an equation and solve.
James is planning out his Thanksgiving break events. His mom wants him
to play basketball for one more than three times as many hours as he plays
video games. James wants the difference in the number of hours for
basketball and video games to be 23 hours. How many hours will James
play basketball over spring break?