Function Word

Problems
Mini lesson

-Sams

Graph discussion
1. What does the yintercept represent?
2. What is the slope
(using words)
3. Find the equation of
this line

Verbal Description discussion

Toms Lawn Maintenance company
charges a flat fee of $20 for a service call,
plus $9.50 per hour to cut grass.
1. What is the y-intercept?
2. What is the slope? (use words)
3. Write the equation

Verbal Description Example

Smart Student Learning Center charges
students a registration fee of $25, plus an
hourly rate of $30 for after-school tutoring.
1. What is the y-intercept?
2. What is the slope? (use words)
3. Write the equation

Verbal Description Example

Art classes at Studio A cost $15 per class, plus a
one-time fee of $20
1. What is the y-intercept?
2. What is the slope? (use words)
3. Write the equation

Class Work
Question #
A.Y-intercept
B.Slope
C.Equation (y = mx + b)

Level Up: example 1

Water Fun Plus charges customers $50 per day to rent a canoe
and a $25 non refundable insurance fee.

1. What is the y-intercept?

2. What is the slope? (use words)
3. Write the equation
Part B: Make a table for the first 5 days

Level Up Example 2
Every visitor at a fair had to pay an entrance fee plus an
additional cost per ride. Each ride at the fair costs the same. The
table shows the total money spent, y, in dollars by a visitor who
rode x different rides one time each.
1. Find the equation
2. How much would it cost to ride
10 rides?

Level Up Example 3
A car rental company rents only one type of car. The table shows
the cost to rent a car from the company.
1. What is the equation?
2. How much would it cost to rent a car for a
14 day vacation?

Level Up Example 4
Ashley needed a taxi and called Taylors taxi
service.
1.Equation
2.How many miles did she
travel in the taxi if she
spent $38.00 on a taxi?

Class work

Comparing Functions Example 1

A parking deck for a museum uses the equation
y = 2.75x + 5 to calculate the cost, y, to park a car
x number of hours. A parking deck for a hotel uses
the table below to calculate the cost to park a car
hourly.
Which parking deck charges
the most per hour and by how
much?

Example 2
Smart Student Learning Center charges students a
registration fee of $25, plus an hourly rate of $30
for after-school tutoring. Brilliant Student Learning
Center charges students for after-school tutoring
based on the table below.

Example 3
Function R is represented by the equation y= x + 3.
Function S is shown on the graph below.
Which statement is true?
A. Both functions have the same slope
B. Both functions have the same
y-intercept
C. The slope of function S is greater than
the slope of function R.

Find the equation (example)

A car rental company charges a daily fee, plus
an additional fee for each mile driven. Susan
rented a car for one day, drove 100 miles, and
was charged $48.00. Bob rented a car for one
day, drove 224 miles, and was charged $72.80.