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Linear Functions in Context Worksheet with Answer Key

8 problems on linear functions in context: naming input, output, rate of change and starting value with units, writing a rule from two data points, a table or a graph, comparing two savers, break-even profit, and spotting wrong proportional reasoning. 4 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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What's on the worksheet

  1. For each situation, name input and output with units and say what the rate and starting value mean.
  2. Word problem: Mia's bus pass balance, written as a function of weeks.
  3. Word problem: Mei and Kofi save money at the same weekly rate; find the unknown amount.
  4. Word problem: a spring's length as a linear function of the mass hung from it.
  5. Word problem: price of photo prints from a copied price list.
  6. Word problem: Grace's car fund balance read from a graph.
  7. Word problem: a club's T-shirt profit rule, what the numbers mean and the break-even point.
  8. Show with an example that Liam's doubling claim about cupcake prices is wrong.

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