This lesson unit is intended to help students judge the accuracy of two different approximations to a particular linear relationship. Students will compare two linear functions as approximations to the relationship between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature and consider under what circumstances each of the approximations may be reasonable.http://map.mathshell.org/download.php?fileid=1629

Solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable.

b. Solve linear equations and inequalities with rational number coefficients, including equations and inequalities whose solutions require expanding expressions using the distributive property and combining like terms. (guarantee limited to equations)

Investigate the difference between linear and nonlinear functions.

Interpret the equation y=mx+b as a defining a linear function, whose parameters are the slope (m) and the y-intercept (b).
Recognize that the graph of a linear function has a constant rate of change.

The goal of this task is to develop an understanding of why rational exponents are defined as they are (N-RN.1), however it also raises important issues about distinguishing between linear and exponential behavior (F-LE.1c) and it requires students to create an equation to model a context (A-CED.2

This is course material published for a secondary Math 1 course. Authors of this work are: Scott Hendrickson, Joleigh Honey, Barbara Kuehl, Travis Lemon, Janet Sutorius and updated from the original work in 2013 in partnership with the Utah State Office of Education.

This activity is a culmnating assessment of students' abilities to describe a linear function in words, in an equation, in a table, in a graph, identify a solution, and explain the solution.
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The Mathematics Vision Project (MVP) curriculum has been developed to realize the vision and goals of the New Core Standards of Mathematics. The Comprehensive Mathematics Instruction (CMI) framework is an integral part of the materials. You can read more about the CMI framework in the Utah Mathematics Teacher Journal. (UCTM, 2009)