FMP Math 10 Practice Test Name: ___________

Ch.6 Linear Functions Block: ______

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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____ 1. Which line segment has slope 4 ?
i) ii)
y y

4 A 4

2 2
A

–4 –2 0 2 4 x –4 –2 0 2 4 x

–2 –2
B B
–4 –4

iii) iv)
y y

A
4 4

2 2
B

–4 –2 0 2 4 x –4 –2 0 2 4 x

–2 –2
B A
–4 –4

a. iii c. i
b. ii d. iv
____ 2. A road rises 9 m for every 60 m measured horizontally. Determine the slope of the road.
a. 20 c. 20

3 3
b. 3 d. 3

20 20

____ 3. A line has x-intercept 2 and y-intercept 6? Determine the slope of the line.
a. 1 c. 3
3
b. 3 d. 1

3

____ 4. Determine the slope of the line that is perpendicular to this line segment.
y

2 B

–4 –2 0 2 4 x

–2

A –4

a. 3 c. 1
3
b. –3 d. 1
–3

____ 5. For a service call, a plumber charges a $95 initial fee, plus $45 for each hour he works. Write an equation to
represent the total cost, C dollars, for t hours of work.
a. c.
b. d.
____ 6. Use the equation to calculate the value of y when .
a. –74 c. 31
b. –31 d. –39

____ 7. Which equations represent parallel lines?

a. , c. ,
b. , d. ,

____ 8. Write an equation for the graph of a linear function that has slope 8 and passes through R(4, ).
a.
b.
c.

d.

____ 9. Write an equation in slope-point form for this line.

–4 –2 0 2 4 x

–2

–4

a. c.

b. d.
____ 10. In which form is the equation written?
a. Standard form c. General form
b. Slope-intercept form d. Slope-point form

____ 11. Which graph represents the equation ?

a. c.
y y

4 4

2 2

–4 –2 0 2 4 x –4 –2 0 2 4 x

–2 –2

–4 –4

b. d.
y y

4 4

2 2

–4 –2 0 2 4 x –4 –2 0 2 4 x

–2 –2

–4 –4

____ 12. Jon has x egg cartons that hold 12 eggs and y egg cartons that hold 18 eggs. He uses these cartons to store 72
eggs. Which equation represents the relation?
a. c.
b. d.
____ 13. Which of the following numbers occurs in the sequence –12 , –8 , –4 , 0 , 4 , . . . ?

a. 6 c. 24
b. –3 d. 15

____ 14. What is the 18th term of the sequence –22 , –21.2 , –20.4 , –19.6 , –18.8 . . . ?

a. –6.8 c. –8.4
b. 0.8 d. –35.6

____ 15. Which of the given formulas for the general term of the sequence –9 , –1 , 7 , 15 , 23 , . . . is correct?

a. t n=−8 n−17 c. t n=8 n−1

b. t n=8 n−17 d. t n=−8 n−1

Short Answer

16. Determine the slope of the line that passes through (–11, –8) and (6, 16).
(Write your slope as a fraction in its simplest form)

17. The coordinates of the endpoints of segments are given below. Are the two line segments parallel,
perpendicular, or neither?

a) R(–2, 8), S(–12, –4) and T(3, –1), U(9, 4)

b) F(–7, –8), G(–4, 1) and V(–4, 10), W(14, 4)

18. Write this equation in general form:

19. The first three terms of the sequence defined by t n=−0.3 n+ 0.5 are

20. Given the following arithmetic sequence: – 8 , – 5 , – 2 , 1 , . . .

a) Find the value of the first term (t 1) and the common difference (d)

b) Give a formula (in simplest form) for the general term (t n)

c) Find the value of the 20th term

d) Which term has a value of 205?

Problem

21. Describe the graph of the linear function whose equation is .

Slope = y-intercept =

Draw this graph without using technology.

-5 5

-2

-4

-6

22. Write an equation to describe this function.

–4 –2 0 2 4 x

–2

–4
23. An equation of a line is . Determine the value of m when the line passes through the point J(–5, 2).

24. a) Write an equation in slope-point form for this line.

y

–4 –2 0 2 4 x

–2

–4

b) Write the equation in part a in slope-intercept form. What is the y-intercept of this line?
25. Determine the value of k when the equations and represent lines that are:

a) parallel

b) perpendicular

26. At the end of the second week after opening, a new fitness club has 870 members. At the end of the seventh
week, there are 1110 members. Suppose the increase is arithmetic.

a) How many members joined the club each week?

b) How many members were there in the first week?

FMP Math 10 4
OR y−1= (x−5)
Practice -Test Ch.6 Linear Functions 5
Answer Section OR 4x – 5y – 15 = 0
MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. C 8. B
2. D 9. A
3. C 10. C
4. D 11. C
5. C
12. A
6. D
13. C
7. D
14. C
15. B
SHORT ANSWER

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16. 17
6 5
17. a) RS = TU = Neither
5 6
−1
b) FG = 3 VW = Perpendicular
3

18.

19. 0.2 , – 0.1 , – 0.4

20. a) t 1=−8 ; d=3

b) t n=3 n−11
c) 49
d) 72nd term

PROBLEM

21. The graph has a slope of and

a y-intercept of 2. 23. m =
y
6
24. a)
4

you could also use: (-4, -4), (4, 0), (2, -1), (0, -2)
2

–6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6 x

–2 b) the y-intercept is –2.

–4
−14
25. a) k =
–6 3

7
22. b) k =
6
26. a) 48 members b) 822 members