Input-output tables
Use a given rule to fill in the missing outputs.
Practice + answer key · 4 pages
Worksheet settings10 questions · 2 columns · A4
Algebra
What you’ll practice
Use y = ax + b to complete outputs for three inputs.
Apply the rule to each input separately. Multiply first, then add the constant; each new input starts a fresh calculation.
How this skill works
Read the operation order in the rule.
Substitute each input separately. A completed pair can be checked by putting its input back into the rule.
Worked example
- x = −1: 2(−1) + 3 = 1.
- x = 0: 2(0) + 3 = 3.
- x = 4: 2(4) + 3 = 11.
Answer: 1, 3, 11
Teaching notes
- Apply the rule to the input, not to the previous output.
Practice questions
- Complete the output row using y = x.
Input-output table. Rule: y = x. Inputs: 8, −4, 3. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 3x − 2.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 3x − 2. Inputs: 3, −5, −2. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 4x + 3.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 4x + 3. Inputs: 1, 1, 0. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 5x − 3.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 5x − 3. Inputs: −5, −3, 6. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 5x.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 5x. Inputs: 3, 7, −4. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 2x − 3.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 2x − 3. Inputs: −1, −1, 5. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 5x − 1.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 5x − 1. Inputs: −1, −1, −2. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 4x + 1.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 4x + 1. Inputs: −3, −4, 7. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 3x − 1.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 3x − 1. Inputs: 8, 3, 7. Outputs are blank.
- Complete the output row using y = 2x + 4.
Input-output table. Rule: y = 2x + 4. Inputs: 3, 0, −3. Outputs are blank.
Answers and steps
- 8, −4, 3
- For x = 8, 1 × (8) + (0) = 8.
- For x = −4, 1 × (−4) + (0) = −4.
- For x = 3, 1 × (3) + (0) = 3.
- 7, −17, −8
- For x = 3, 3 × (3) + (−2) = 7.
- For x = −5, 3 × (−5) + (−2) = −17.
- For x = −2, 3 × (−2) + (−2) = −8.
- 7, 7, 3
- For x = 1, 4 × (1) + (3) = 7.
- For x = 1, 4 × (1) + (3) = 7.
- For x = 0, 4 × (0) + (3) = 3.
- −28, −18, 27
- For x = −5, 5 × (−5) + (−3) = −28.
- For x = −3, 5 × (−3) + (−3) = −18.
- For x = 6, 5 × (6) + (−3) = 27.
- 15, 35, −20
- For x = 3, 5 × (3) + (0) = 15.
- For x = 7, 5 × (7) + (0) = 35.
- For x = −4, 5 × (−4) + (0) = −20.
- −5, −5, 7
- For x = −1, 2 × (−1) + (−3) = −5.
- For x = −1, 2 × (−1) + (−3) = −5.
- For x = 5, 2 × (5) + (−3) = 7.
- −6, −6, −11
- For x = −1, 5 × (−1) + (−1) = −6.
- For x = −1, 5 × (−1) + (−1) = −6.
- For x = −2, 5 × (−2) + (−1) = −11.
- −11, −15, 29
- For x = −3, 4 × (−3) + (1) = −11.
- For x = −4, 4 × (−4) + (1) = −15.
- For x = 7, 4 × (7) + (1) = 29.
- 23, 8, 20
- For x = 8, 3 × (8) + (−1) = 23.
- For x = 3, 3 × (3) + (−1) = 8.
- For x = 7, 3 × (7) + (−1) = 20.
- 10, 4, −2
- For x = 3, 2 × (3) + (4) = 10.
- For x = 0, 2 × (0) + (4) = 4.
- For x = −3, 2 × (−3) + (4) = −2.