A number line can represent positions that are north and south of a truck stop on a highway. Decide whether you want positive positions to be north or south of the truck stop. Then plot the following positions on a number line.
How could you distinguish between traveling west at 5 miles per hour and traveling east at 5 miles per hour without using the words “east” and “west”?
Four people are cycling. They each start at the same point. (0 represents their starting point.) Plot their finish points after 5 seconds of cycling on a number line.
A shopper bought a watermelon, a pack of napkins, and some paper plates. In his state, there is no tax on food. The tax rate on non-food items is 5%. The total for the three items he bought was $8.25 before tax, and he paid $0.19 in tax. How much did the watermelon cost?
Which graphs could not represent a proportional relationship? Explain how you decided.
A
The xy coordinate plane with the origin labeled “O”. For each graph, the x axis has the numbers 0, 5, and 10 indicated. The y axis has the numbers 0 and 5. In graph A, the curve is a line that begins at the origin and moves steadily upward and to the right.
B
The xy coordinate plane with the origin labeled “O”. For each graph, the x axis has the numbers 0, 5, and 10 indicated. The y axis has the numbers 0 and 5. In graph B, the curve begins at the origin and moves upward and to the right. It moves slowly in the beginning and then goes steeply upward.
C
The xy coordinate plane with the origin labeled “O”. For each graph, the x axis has the numbers 0, 5, and 10 indicated. The y axis has the numbers 0 and 5. In graph C, the curve is a line that begins at the origin and moves slowly upward and to the right.
D
The xy coordinate plane with the origin labeled “O”. In graph D, the curve is a line that begins on the vertical axis and above the origin. It moves slowly upward and to the right.