F-U-N-C-T-I-O-N STATIONS LAB

Name (s) ____________________________

Date ___________

Your goal is to visit, in any order, each of the 8 lettered stations of the
F-U-N-C-T-I-O-N Stations Lab with your partner(s). Complete the work
given there. It is important that you get this lab sheet initialed by the
teacher before moving on to the next station.

Station
F
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Lab Completed

Teachers
Initials/Comments

STATION F:

1)
Function? Yes or No
Domain:
Range:

2)
Function? Yes or No
Domain:
Range:

3)
Function? Yes or No
Domain:
Range:

4)
Function? Yes or No
Domain:
Range:

5)
Function? Yes or No
Domain:
Range:
6)

Function? Yes or No
Domain:
Range:

STATION U:
Read each scenario or hypothesis, and then identify the variables.
1) Students of different ages were given the same jigsaw puzzle to put
together. They were timed to see how long it took to finish the puzzle.
Independent Variable

Dependent Variable

How did you determine which variable is which?

2) An investigation was done with an electromagnetic system made from a

battery and wire wrapped around a nail. Different sizes of nails were used.
The number of paper clips the electromagnet could pick up was measured.
Independent Variable

Dependent Variable

How did you determine which variable is which?

3) The higher the temperature of water, the faster an egg will boil.
Independent Variable

Dependent Variable

How did you determine which variable is which?

4) The temperature of water was measured at different depths of a pond.

Independent Variable

Dependent Variable

How did you determine which variable is which?

STATION N:
1) Consider the equation

y=3 x +1 .

a. Complete this table of values for the equation.

x

-3

-2

-1

b. Decide whether the equation represents a function. Show or explain

how you found your answer.

c. For the domain 3 x 3, what is the range?

2
2) Consider the equation y=x +4 .

a.

Complete this table of values for the equation.

x

-3

-2

-1

b. Decide whether the equation represents a function. Show or explain

how you found your answer.

c. For the domain 3 x 3, what is the range?

STATION C:
Use this graph of y = f(x) to answer parts ag.
a. Find f(3).
b. For what x-values does f(x) = 1?

c. What is the domain of f(x)?

d. What is the range of f(x)?

e. Use transformations to graph g(x)=f(x-1)+3

f.

How does the domain of g(x) compare to the domain of f(x)?

g. Let h(x) = x2 + 1. Using <, >, or =, Fill in the blank to compare the
following quantities.
i. f(5) ______ h(0)

ii. f(0) ______ h(-1)

STATION T:
f ( x)

Below is a relation
, graphed for you. Fill in the table of values. Then, on
the same graph below, sketch what the new relations will look like.
x
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5

f(x)

g(x) = f(x+3) + 6

h(x) = f(x - 5) - 2

STATION I:
Determine whether each of the following functions is even, odd, or
neither.

Show your work algebraically for #5-7.

5)

f ( x )=x 35 x

f ( x )=4 x +9

6)

f ( x )=x 4 2

7)

STATION O:
A relation has the domain 3 x 5 and the range 2 y 4, and the x-value
1 corresponds to the y-value 1.
a. Draw the graph of a function that fits this description.

b. Draw the graph of a relation that fits this description and is not a
function.

STATION N:

Train 1
Train 4

Train 2

Train 3

Trains 1, 2, 3, and 4 are the first 4 trains in the hexagon pattern. The first
train in this pattern consists of one regular hexagon. For each subsequent
train, one additional hexagon is added.

Answer the following questions in the space provided.

1) Draw the next two trains in the sequence below.

2) Compute the perimeter for each of the six trains and record the results in
the table. The perimeter of Train 1 is six units.

Train #

Perimete
r (units)

3) Determine the perimeter for the tenth train without drawing it.

4) Write a verbal description that could be used to compute the perimeter of

any train in the pattern.

5) Write an equation for finding the perimeter of any train. Explain why your
equation works.

6) What train number has a perimeter of 150 units? Show your work.

7) Is it possible for a train to have a perimeter of 250 units? Explain.