Slope-Intercept Form

Slope

100

What is the formula used to find slope?

m = y₂ - y₁ / x₂ - x₁

200

Which number is y₂? 

(2,3) (4,1)

1

300

What is the slope of y = -16x – 9

-16

400

Find the slope of the line that passes through the points

 (0, -4) (4, -4)

0

500

Find the slope of the line that passes through the points

(-16, 4) & (2, -5)

-1/2

Intercepts

100

On the y-intercept, what is the value of x?

0

200

What is the y-intercept of y=5x-12?

-12

300

What is the x intercept of: y - 8x = 16?

x = -2

400

What is the y-intercept of 2y=4x+8?

4

500

What is the y-intercept of 3x + 4y = 24?

6

Slope-Intercept Form

100

What is the equation for slope-intercept form?

y=mx+b

200

In slope-intercept form, what does the variable m represent?

Slope

300

In slope-intercept form, what does the variable b represent?

y-intercept

400

What is the slope and y-intercept of this equation? y=-2x+5

slope: -2

y-intercept: 5

500

What is the y-intercept of the equation: y = -3x + 5

(0,5)

Challenge

100

Write the equation of a line with the slope of -4 and a y-intercept of 5

y = -4x + 5

200

Write the equation in slope-intercept form: 4x + y =6

y = -4x + 6

300

Write the equation in slope-intercept form: 2x + 4y = 8

y = -1/2x + 2

400

What is the x-intercept of:     y = 2x - 6

x=3 or (3,0)

500

When graphing by a table, what are the three values we always use as part of our coordinates?

-1

0

1

Riddles

100

Feed me and I live, give me a drink and I die. What am I?

Fire

200

What goes up and down the stairs without moving?

Carpet

300

What kind of room has no windows or doors?

Mushroom

400

What word can you add letters to to make it shorter?

Short

500

What do the numbers 11, 69, 88, and 96 all have in common? 

They are the same # when flipped upside down