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Writing Linear Equations Stations Activity: Objectives

This document outlines an activity to help students learn about linear equations. The activity involves students working through 5 stations to graph and analyze linear equations in slope-intercept form. They will identify the slope and y-intercept of given equations, write equations to model real world scenarios, graph lines on a coordinate plane, and complete value tables to analyze the effects of the slope and y-intercept on linear functions. The overall goal is for students to understand how changing the slope and y-intercept alters linear equations.

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Writing Linear Equations Stations Activity: Objectives

This document outlines an activity to help students learn about linear equations. The activity involves students working through 5 stations to graph and analyze linear equations in slope-intercept form. They will identify the slope and y-intercept of given equations, write equations to model real world scenarios, graph lines on a coordinate plane, and complete value tables to analyze the effects of the slope and y-intercept on linear functions. The overall goal is for students to understand how changing the slope and y-intercept alters linear equations.

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Writing Linear Equations Stations Activity

Objectives:
1. To graph linear equations.
2. To complete a table of values for each equation.
3. To identify the slope of linear equations in slope-intercept form.
4. To identify the y-intercept of linear equations in slope-intercept form.
5. To explain the effects of “m” on a linear function in slope-intercept form.
6. To explain the effects of “b” on a linear function in slope-intercept form.

Vocabulary:
+ linear function: a function used to create a line
+ parent function: the most basic form of a function, before adding constants
+ slope: the amount that the function increases or decreases as the x-value
changes; the “m” value in an equation in slope-intercept form
+ y-intercept: the point on a graph where the line crosses the y-axis
+ slope-intercept form: linear equation in the form y = mx + b
+ x-axis: the horizontal axis
+ y-axis: the vertical axis

pg. 1
Station 1
Identify the slope and y-intercept.

2
1. Y = 2X – 7 2. Y = - X -3
3
m= _________ m= _________
y –int. __________ y –intercept = _ _______

4
3. Y = -2 4. Y = -3X +
5
m= _________ m= _________
4. y –intercept = _ _______ y –intercept = _ _______

5.

6.

pg. 2
Station 2
Write the equation of the line given the slope and y – intercept.

You are visiting Baltimore, MD and a taxi company charges a flat fee of
$3.00 for using the taxi and $0.75 per mile.

A. Write an equation that you could use to find the cost of the taxi
ride in Baltimore, MD. Let x represent the number of miles and y
represent the total cost.
B. How much would a taxi ride for 8 miles cost?
C. If a taxi ride cost $15, how many miles did the taxi travel?

pg. 3
Station 3
Sketch the line of each graph.

pg. 4
Station 4:
y = mx + b or y = mx – b
Equation A: y = 2x + 1
Fill in the table of values:

x y
-2
-1
0
1
2

Answer the following questions:


1. What is the slope of the function? _____
2. What is the y-intercept? (_____, _____)
3. How is this line different from the line of the parent function (y=x)? Write
your answer in complete sentences.

Equation B: y = -2x + 1
Fill in the table of values:

x y
-2
-1
0
1
2

Answer the following questions:


1. What is the slope of the function? _____
2. What is the y-intercept? (_____, _____)
3. How is this line different from the line of the parent function (y=x)? Write
your answer in complete sentences.

pg. 5
Station 5

A. Situation: Danielle is short on cash. She starts off borrowing $1 from


her mother on Monday. Unfortunately, she ends up borrowing $2
each day after that until payday. Which graph represents the amount
of money Danielle will owe her mom when payday comes? (Write the
equation of the graph ______________________

B. Rewrite the equations in slope intercept form, y = mx + b, identify


the slope and y - intercept.

pg. 6

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