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The document outlines an exercise for students to analyze and compare the bank accounts of four individuals based on their earnings over time. It includes functions for each person's bank account, prompting students to identify the rate of change and y-intercept for each function. Additionally, it encourages collaboration among students to discuss their findings and opinions on who earns more or starts with more money.

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ComparingFunctionsActivity-1

The document outlines an exercise for students to analyze and compare the bank accounts of four individuals based on their earnings over time. It includes functions for each person's bank account, prompting students to identify the rate of change and y-intercept for each function. Additionally, it encourages collaboration among students to discuss their findings and opinions on who earns more or starts with more money.

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Yaya El Helaly
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Comparing Functions Name:__________________________

Rose, Abdullah, Maddie, and Azriel all have a summer job. The amount they have in their bank account can be written
as a function of time. Using the sentence frame from the bottom of the page, individually find and interpret the rate and
y-intercept for each function.

1) Rose’s Bank Account 2) Abdullah earns $10 an hour delivering


newspapers on his bicycle. He started with $20 in
y=8 x +50 his bank account.

Rate:__________________________________________ Rate:__________________________________________

______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

Y-Intercept:_____________________________________ Y-Intercept:_____________________________________

_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

3) Maddie’s Bank Account 4) Azriel’s Bank Account


Time Amount
(hours) in Amount
Account in
($)
Account
0 40
($)
1 49
2 58
3 67

Time (Hours)
Rate:__________________________________________
Rate:__________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Y-Intercept:_____________________________________
Y-Intercept:_____________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Rate: __(subject)__ __(verb)__ _(slope numerator)_ __(y-unit) per/each/every __(slope denominator)_ __(x-unit)__.

Y-Intercept: __(subject)__ started/began at __(y-intercept)__ __(y-units)__.


Directions: For each box, find a partner and fill out the missing information from the gaps below. Bonus! Find someone
who is using different comparisons than ones you already have.

Partner #1 Partner #2

_____________________ thinks that ________________ _____________________ thinks that ________________


Name of partner name from the problem Name of partner name from the problem

makes more money than ____________________ makes more money than ____________________
name from another problem name from another problem

because________________________________________ because________________________________________

_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

_______________________________________________. ______________________________________________.

I agree/disagree because________________________ I agree/disagree because________________________

______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Partner #3 Partner #4

_____________________ thinks that ________________ _____________________ thinks that ________________


Name of partner name from the problem Name of partner name from the problem

starts out with more money than ___________________ starts out with more money than ___________________
name from another problem name from another problem

because________________________________________ because________________________________________

_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

______________________________________________. ______________________________________________.

I agree/disagree because________________________ I agree/disagree because________________________

______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

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