# of minutes

Grade
# of minutes spent studying

studying
6th 10

7th 20

8th 25

9th 180

10th

Grade in school
Does the data represent a function? Explain your thinking.

List the domain and range of the data.

 Task #8 – Student Homework
Berkley, a reporter for the high school newspaper, took a poll of most of the freshmen class about
the amount of time they had spent on homework over the years. She computed the averages for each
year and created the following table and graph of her data.

# of minutes
Grade
studying

# of minutes spent studying

6th 10
180
7th 20
25
8th 25

9th 180 20

10

6th 7th 8th 9th

Grade in school
Berkley noticed a constant growing trend in the amount of time spent studying.
• She needs your help to create an equation that represents her data.
• She’d also like you to make a prediction about how much time sophomores will be studying based on the data.