Lucky+Charms+-+8th+Grade

1. What is the slope of the line through the points A(-3,4) and B(2, -1)?

2. Given the pattern 3, 5, 7, 9, .........

a) Describe the pattern in words.

b) Find the rule for the above pattern by writing an equation using the variables n for the term number and t for the term.

c) Using your equation, find the 100th term in the pattern.

3. Translate the following sentence into an equation and solve:

Two more than 3 times a number is equal to the difference in 2 times the same number and 4.. Which equation represents the numbers in the following table?

X Y -1 20 2 -1 5 -22

A. y = -10x +2 B. y = -7x + 13 C. y = -5x + 15 D. y = 2x + 1 E. None of these

2. Beth and Ryan are both opening saving accounts at their bank. Beth is opening her account with $50 and Ryan is opening his account with $15. Beth will deposit $10 per month into her account and Ryan will deposit $15 per month into his account. Use b to represent the balance of each person’s account after m months.

Beth’s saving account balance equation: _

Ryan’s saving account balance equation: _

After how many months will Beth and Ryan have the same savings account balance? __

3. Find three solutions to the following linear equation. Then graph the results on a coordinate plane.

4x + 2y = 12