High School · Interpreting Functions

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.IF.B.6

Calculate and interpret the average rate of change of a function (presented symbolically or as a table) over a specified interval. Estimate the rate of change from a graph.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Linear vs Nonlinear Functions: How to Tell Them Apart

  Four reliable tests for deciding whether a relationship is linear — from its equation, its table, its graph, or its rate of change.

• Rate of Change: Slope With Units Attached

  What average rate of change means, how it relates to slope, how to compute it from a table or a function, and how to read its units and sign.