Slope
Slope-Intercept Form
Vocabulary
Graphing Linear Equations
Intercepts
100

slope is the __________________ of a line (describe what it looks like)

What is steepness or tilt

100
slope intercept form
What is y = mx + b
100
the steepness of a linear function
What is slope?
100
linear functions will always form this
What is a straight line?
100
the y-intercept tells where the function crosses this axis
What is y-axis?
200
the slope of a line that passes through the points (0, 3) and (5, 8)
What is 1?
200
the slope of y = -3x -8
What is -3?
200

On a graph, we find slope by using m = ______ OVER _______

What is RISE over RUN

200
When graphing y = 7x + 4 using slope-intercept form, the first coordinate you want to plot is this
What is (0,4)?
200
the y- intercept of 2x + y = 4
What is 4?
300
the slope of a line that passes through the points (-4, -5) and (-1, 3)
What is 8/3?
300
the y-intercept of the equation y = -1/3x -3
What is -3?
300

On a table, we find slope by ________

change of y divided by change of x

300

Two formulas that we use to find the equation of line

Point-Slope Formula and Slope-Intercept Form

300

The x-intercept of y=3x-12

What is (4,0)

400
the formula to find slope
What is y2 - y1 over x2 - x1
400
write in slope-intercept form -2x + 2y = 6
What is y = x + 3?
400

To find the x-intercept, you plug zero in for ____

y

400

What is a y-intercept as a coordinate?

(0,b)

400

The x-intercept of y=7x+56

What is (-8,0)

500
You find the slope of a line and it is 4/0. What is slope?
What is undefined?
500
Write in slope-intercept form 6x - 3y - 12 = 0
What is y = 2x -4
500

To find the y-intercept, you plug zero in for ____

x

500

If our slope is a whole number, what can we do to find our RISE OVER RUN?

What is put our number OVER 1

500
Find the x and y intercept of 5x + 3y = -15
What is y-intercept is -5 and x-intercept is -3