Greatest Integer Function Worksheet-W113wh
Greatest Integer Function Worksheet-W113wh
1. 5.28 6. .25
10
2. 5 7.
3
3. 2.99 8. - 0.5
4. 0 9. - 2.99
5. - 1.7 10. 1000
11. A store will deliver a sofa for $3.00 per mile including fractions of a mile. (For
example, 25.5 miles is $3(25) = $75.) There is no charge within the first mile. Use
the greatest integer function to express C, the delivery cost, as a function of x, the
number of miles from the store. Sketch a graph of this function for 0 x 5 .
Make a table of values and sketch the graph of the resulting function.
21
18
15
12
9
6
3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Function:
12. The cost of sending an overnight package from College Station to Dallas is
$10.00 for a package under one pound and $2.50 is added at one pound and each
additional whole pound. Use the greatest integer function to create a model for the
cost C of overnight delivery of a package weighing x pounds. Sketch the graph for
packages up to 7 pounds.
Make a table of values and sketch the graph of the resulting function.
25
20
15
10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Function:
4
a) Domain:
2
b) Range:
x
-4 -2 2 4
c) Y-Intercept: ____________
-2
-4