014 skills pre-assessment • Name:

  1. The first graph plots data from a soap density measurement laboratory. The slope of the line is the density of the soap.
    Soap density background rectangle major grid lines axes linear regression line data points as circles text layers Soap density volume (cm³) mass (g) y-axis labels 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 x-axis labels 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
    1. __________ Calculate the slope of the line.
    2. ______________ Write the units for the slope of the line.
    3. ______________ Determine the y-intercept of the line.
    4. ____________________________ Write the y = mx + b slope-intercept equation for the line.
  2. A student gathered the data seen in the table below.
    1. Plot the data.
      Graphical analysis

      RipStik Data

      Time
      (seconds)      		Distance
      (centimeters)
      00
      2400
      4800
      61200
      81600
      102000
      background rectangle major grid lines axes text layers Velocity of a RipStik Time (seconds) Distance (centimeters) x-axis labels 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 y-axis labels 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
    2. __________ __________ Calculate the slope of the line.
    3. __________ __________ Calculate the intercept of the line.
    4. __________ __________ Based on the slope and intercept, how far will the RipStik travel in 23 seconds?
    5. __________ __________ Based on the slope and intercept, how long in seconds for the RipStik to travel 7500 centimeters?
  3. __________ What is the slope of the line y = 5.5 + 0.85x?
  4. __________ What is the y-intercept of the line y = 5.5 + 0.85x?
  5. _______________ What math class are you in, if not in math this term, what is the highest math class you took?