Steady change that starts above zero
Grade 7 Math Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
Milo stacks books on a tray (the top one wobbles). How tall is the tray alone, with 0 books?
Snow falls on Noah's street (the snowman shivers). How many inches of snow were on the ground at the start, at 0 hours?
Graph: hours across from 0 to 10, ticks every 1; inches up from 0 to 40, ticks every 10. A straight line passes through the points (2, 13) and (5, 22). Graph: hours across from 0 to 10, ticks every 1; inches up from 0 to 40, ticks every 10. A straight line passes through the points (2, 13) and (5, 22). 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 10 20 30 40 hours inches Tala counts the pages read. After 2 hours: 72 pages. After 5 hours: 162 pages. It changes equally each hour. What rule gives y (x in hours and y pages read)?
Zee tracks the quiz score. After 2 rounds: 16 points. After 5 rounds: 34 points. It changes equally each round. What rule gives y (x rounds and y points)?
Ari lets out string for a kite (it tugs). Rule: y = 5x + 9, with x in minutes and y in meters of string. What does the 5 mean?
- The number of minutes.
- How much string goes out each minute.
- The length of string out after 5 minutes.
- The length of string out at the start, when x is 0.
Kira stacks books on a tray (the top one wobbles). Rule: y = 4x + 8, with x books and y in cm. How many books make the stack 44 cm tall?
Milo knits a scarf (the yarn ball rolls away). Rule: y = 6x + 12, with x in hours and y in cm. After how many hours is the scarf 78 cm long?
Noah tracks the distance from home. After 2 hours: 23 miles. After 5 hours: 50 miles. It changes equally each hour. Which rule gives y (x in hours and y in miles from home)?
- y = 9x
- y = 5x + 9
- y = 9x + 5
- y = 14x
Pia measures the kite string out. After 2 minutes: 17 meters. After 5 minutes: 38 meters. It changes equally each minute. Which rule gives y (x in minutes and y in meters of string)?
- y = 10x
- y = 7x
- y = 3x + 7
- y = 7x + 3
Ren counts the pages read. After 2 hours: 55 pages. After 5 hours: 115 pages. It changes equally each hour. Which rule gives y (x in hours and y pages read)?
- y = 15x + 20
- y = 20x
- y = 20x + 15
- y = 35x