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9th grade · Math · Unit 10 of 17

Function Notation

f(x), domain and range

What your child practices

Evaluating and solving with function notation, and naming the domain and range of a function, including a sensible domain in a real situation.

Alaska content standards learning standard: F-IF.1; F-IF.2; F-IF.5 · functions as rules, function notation, and the domain of a function in context

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. f(x) is the output of f when the input is x.
  2. To find f(3), replace every x with 3.
  3. The domain is all the inputs. The range is all the outputs.

Example: f(x) = 2x − 5. What is f(4)? 2 × 4 − 5 = 8 − 5. Answer: 3

Function Notation in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 10 of 17 in 9th grade Math, after Data & Scatter Plots and before Linear Inequalities.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    If f(x) = −2x − 1, what is f(3)?

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  2. Question 2

    f(x) = −x − 4. For which x is f(x) = 0?

    • 0
    • 4
    • -3
    • -4

  3. Question 3

    h(t) gives the height of a ball t seconds after it is thrown until it lands at t = 3. Which domain makes sense?

    • Whole numbers only
    • All numbers from 0 to 3
    • All real numbers
    • Numbers greater than 3

  4. Question 4

    What is the range of {(−3, 4), (−1, −4), (0, 9), (5, −4)}?

    • {−3, −1, 0, 5}
    • {−4, −3, −1, 0, 4, 5, 9}
    • {−4, 4, 9}
    • {−3, 5, 10}

  5. Question 5

    h(t) gives the height of a ball t seconds after it is thrown until it lands at t = 3. Which domain makes sense?

    • All real numbers
    • Numbers greater than 3
    • All numbers from 0 to 3
    • Whole numbers only

  6. Question 6

    If f(x) = 5x − 8, what is f(2)?

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