Slopes and Intercepts
Slope Formula
Finding Slope
Word Problems
100
What is the y-intercept of the equation y= x +3
3
100
What is the equation of a slope line?
y=mx + b
100
Find the slope when given (4, 2) (5, 7)
5
100
Ms. Wilson has $10 dollars and is saving $15 per week. What are our slope and y-intercept values in this question?
Slope=15 Y-Intercept =10
200
In the equation y = 10x - 13, What is the y-intercept for this function equation?
-13
200
What does b represent in the equation of a line, y=mx + b?
y-intercept
200
Find the slope when given (4, 3) (7, 9)
6/3 = 2
200
Mr. Fairbanks has 20 chickens and he lost 2 every week due to the cold. What are the slope and Y-intercept values of this question?
Slope=2 Y-intercept = 20
300
What is the slope of this line?
y = -5x - 3
slope = -5
300
In the equation of a line, y=mx + b, what is the formula for finding m?
y2 - y1 / x2 - x1 and Rise / Run
300
Find the slope when given (3, 6) (9, 4)
-2/6 = -1/3
300
Mr Pope saves 35 dollars to buy T-shirts for Team Baxter at a price of $5 per shirt. What are the slope and Y-intercept values of this question?
Slope = 5 Y-intercept = 35
400
What is the slope of this line?
slope = 2
400
In the equation of a line, y=mx + b, what does m represent?
slope
400
Find the slope when given (10, 7) (3, 1)
-6/7
400
Ms Logan has to buy a fee for a book club that cost $7 to enter. She then continues to buy different licenses for different books at 5 dollars per book. What are the slope and y-intercept values in this question.
Slope= 5, Y-intercept = 7
500
Two points are plotted at (5, 1) and (6, 6). What is the slope?
5
500
Look at this table:
x_|_y
0 | 4
1 | 6
2 | 8
Is the slope negative, positive, zero, or undefined? What is the slope?
Positive. m = 2
500
Find the slope when given (2, 9) (1, 9)
0/1 = 0
500
In a word problem, what key word or words, tell you that a number is our slope value?
Per, Every, and Each