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Animal Shelter: Adoption and Supply Forecasts

Interpret slopes and intercepts, predict adoptions and supply donations, and explain the limits of shelter data models.

Grade 8MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to8.SP.A.3

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 8
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

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What students practice

Students interpret slope and intercept in linear models of paired shelter data.
Students use linear model equations to make predictions and solve planning problems.
Students explain why a model prediction does not guarantee an individual outcome.

How to use

Have students label the units of each model before solving. Discuss how predictions differ from recorded observations and guaranteed outcomes.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

8.SP.A.3

Use the equation of a linear model to solve problems with paired data, explaining what the slope and intercept mean.

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Animal Shelter: Adoption and Supply Forecasts

Use linear models to interpret records and plan ahead.

Outreach and Adoptions

Use the model, rather than a single recorded week, for predictions. Show your calculations.

A shelter records weekly outreach hours and completed adoptions. Its linear model is A = 1.5h + 4, where h is outreach hours in a week and A is the predicted number of adoptions that week. Use this model for 0–16 outreach hours.