The principal focus of these activities is for students to identify the rate of change and an initial value (y-intercept) from a problem situation. Students then use this information to create a table, draw a graph, write a linear equation, make predictions, and answer questions about the situation.
Linear Applications is a lesson that challenges the student to identify important information from the problem situation (initial value and rate of change) and then write a rule and solve for a value.
The principal focus of these activities is for students to identify the independent and dependent variables from a problem situation, to graph, find the slope, write a linear equation, make predictions, and answer questions about the situation given two data points.