1. Math Review Name: __________________
MSA Inv. 1-2 Period: __________________
Directions: Please complete all questions and all parts of the test. Please reread ALL
directions and EXPLAIN your answers when asked. !
Drew stops at Colin’s house on the way to school. Colin’s mother says that Colin left a
few minutes ago. Drew leaves Colin’s house, walking quickly to catch up. Colin
already has a 500 meters head start to school. Drew is walking at a rate of 250 meters
per minute while Colin is walking at a rate of 125 meters per minute.
1) Make a table showing the distance each boy walked during the first five minutes.
MINUTES COLIN DREW
0
1
2
3
4
5
3) Write an equation for Colin and Drew where (t) represents time and (d) represents the
distance walked.
Colin: __________________________________
Drew:__________________________________
4) After how many minutes does Colin catch up to Drew? WHERE IS THIS ANSWER
IN THE TABLE?
5) What does the point (2, 750) mean in context of the walk to school? (BE SPECIFIC!)
6) If you were to graph the data, at what point would the lines intersect? ________
7) Identify the coefficient and the y-intercept of each equation:

2. a) y = 5x - 2 b) y = -2x + 7 c) y = 6 + 3x
coefficient: _____ coefficient:_____ coefficient:_____
y-int: _________ y-int: _________ y-int: _________
8) Please circle if each table is LINEAR or NONLINEAR. Underneath each table
EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE YOUR ANSWER!!!!!!
X Y X Y
1 4 2 6
2 1 5 10
4 -5 7 14
7 -14 10 18
LINEAR or NONLINEAR LINEAR or NONLINEAR
WHY: WHY: