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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining the Domain and Range for Linear Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a real-world situation that can be modeled by a linear function or a graph of a linear function, the student will determine and represent the reasonable domain and range of the linear function using inequalities.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Modeling With a Linear Function

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this task, 8th graders are presented with the equation for a linear function and asked to identify which of six problem situations the equation could represent. Aligns with 8.F.B.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Us Population 1982 1988

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students are shown a table of U.S. population data between 1982 and 1988 and are asked to explore whether linear functions would be appropriate to model relationships within the data. Aligns with F-LE.B.5 and F-LE.A.1.b.
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Siam/mathematical Modelers Look to an Uncertain Future

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of error and uncertainty considerations, presented at an annual mathematicians' meeting. Not terribly deep, and covers the gamut of concerns about modeling of the real world with inadequate data or math tools. On target. This...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Boiling Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are shown two tables of data showing the approximate boiling point of water at different elevations. Both data sets can be modeled by linear functions but with different slopes. When the tables are combined, however, students...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id, F if Laptop Battery Charge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This task uses a situation that is familiar to students to solve a problem they probably have all encountered before: How long will it take until an electronic device has a fully charged battery? Given data, students perform a variety of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task asks learners to analyze a set of data about the height of a basketball for each time it bounces. They choose a model that reasonably fits the data and use the model to answer questions about the physical context. This second...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Choosing an Appropriate Growth Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to examine some population data for large cities from a modeling perspective. Students are asked to decide if the population data can be accurately modeled by a linear, quadratic, and/or exponential function, and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if a Sse Modeling London's Population

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students are shown a table of population data for the city of London and are asked to explore whether a linear, quadratic, or exponential function would be appropriate to model relationships within the data. They are next...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Equations & Inequalities Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
HSA-CED.A.1: Interactive resource which create equations and inequalities in one variable and use them to solve problems. Include equations arising from linear and quadratic functions, and simple rational and exponential functions....
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F le.a & N Rn Extending the Definitions of Exponents 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A biology student is studying bacterial growth. She was surprised to find that the population of the bacteria doubled every hour. Aligns with the F-LE.A and N-RN.A.1 standards.
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Khan Academy

Khan: Lsn 8: Interpreting Relationships in Scatterplots/graphs/tables/equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on Interpreting and analyzing linear, quadratic, and exponential models and graphs. Students will use best fit lines to interpret contexts, distinguish whether contexts are linear or exponential functions, use the...