1. Linear Equation Situations
Mr. Petersen’s Math 8 Class

2. Gift Card

3. Gift Card You give your folks a $250.00 gas gift card
Each week, they fill up their tank for $45.00
Write an equation for this situation, and draw a graph to represent it
How long until the card runs out?
Gift Card

4. Rent-a-Clown

5. GAAAH
Suppose you can rent a clown for $30.00 and $8.00 for every hour after that
Write an equation for this situation, and graph the line
If you spend $ on the clown, how long was your party?
If you wanted the clown to party with you for 4 hours, what would it cost?
Rent-a-Clown

6. Crane Game

7. It costs $7.50 to enter an arcade and $1.25 per play on a crane game
Write an equation showing this situation and graph it
If you bring $32.00 to the arcade, how many crane game rounds can you play?
Crane Game

8. Aquarium

9. Aquarium You go to an aquarium in a major seaside city
It costs $15.50 per person and $8.00 for parking
Write an equation showing how much it would cost for x people to go
If 8 people go to the aquarium, what’s the cost?
If the total cost was $126.50, how many people went to the aquarium?
Aquarium

11. GET SOME ‘ZA

12. GET SOME ‘ZA Zack’s ‘Za is making ‘Za for a local ‘Za Festival
They’ve already made 22 ‘zas, and they can make 7 ‘zas each hour
Write an equation showing this situation
Graph the situation
How many ‘zas will they have if they cook ‘za for 24 hours straight?
How long until they have 300 ‘zas?
GET SOME ‘ZA