Graphing Stories

Grade 8β€’45 minutes

Learning Objective

I can write the story that describes the function from looking at the graph. I can graph a function from a story.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 6 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Describe a scenario where a person's distance from their home is represented by a horizontal line on a graph with time on the x-axis and distance from home on the y-axis.

2. A graph shows a person's distance from school over time. The graph has two sections: a steep upward sloping line followed by a less steep upward sloping line. Describe what this graph tells you about the person's journey home from school.

3. Sketch a graph representing a car's distance from its starting point over time, given the following story: The car starts from rest, accelerates to a constant speed, maintains that speed for a while, then decelerates to a stop.

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Functions - Graphing Stories

Joshua Frost

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