Murphy's Math

This worksheet could be used as a starter, assignment, or extra practice. On the front side students are presented a graph that represents the height of a rollercoaster train car above the ground in feet versus time in seconds. Students will answer a series of questions that will get them thinking about minimum value, maximum value, increasing, decreasing, positive, negative, and turning points. This also emphasizes the skill of reading a graph from left to right. Once you have discussed the an