Slope & Slope-Intercept

Front

What is the slope-intercept form of a linear equation?

Back

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

Front

How do you find the slope of a line using two points?

Back

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Front

What does the slope of a line represent?

Back

The slope represents the rate of change of y with respect to x; it indicates how steep the line is.

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Front

If a line has a slope of 0, what does that mean?

Back

A slope of 0 means the line is horizontal and there is no change in y as x changes.

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Front

What is the y-intercept of a line?

Back

Front

How do you graph a line given its slope and y-intercept?

Back

Start at the y-intercept on the y-axis, then use the slope to determine the rise over run to plot another point.

Front

Back

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Front

Write the slope-intercept form of a line with a slope of 5 and a y-intercept of -3.

Back

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

Front

Back

The slope of the line is 2.

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Front

If a line has a slope of 3, what is the rise/run ratio?

Back

The rise/run ratio is 3/1.

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5