Slope Jeopardy

Finding SlopeGiven Two Points

100

Find the slope of the line containing the following points (-6,-2), (-2,-1)

1/4

200

Find the slope of the line containing the following points (2,2), (5,3)

1/3

300

Find the slope of the line containing the following points (-7,-4), (-3,-2)

1/2

400

Find the slope of the line containing the following points (-3,-2), (5,4) 

3/4

500

Find the slope of the line containing the following points (-6,5), (3,-3)

-8/9

Writing Line Equations

100

Write an equation for a line with a slope of 2 and a y-intercept of 0

y=2x

200

Write and equation for a line with a slope of 7 and a y-intercept of 3

y=7x+3

300

Write an equation for a line with a slope of -1/2 and a y-intercept of -6

y=-1/2x - 6

400

Write an equation for a line with a slope of -3 and a y-intercept of -5

y=-3x - 5

500

Write an equation for a line with a slope of 3/4 and a y-intercept of -3

y=3/4x - 3

Identifying Slopeand Y Intercept

100

What is the slope and y-intercept of the line y=3x+5

m=3

b=5

200

What is the slope and y-intercept of the line 

y=3/4x - 4

m=3/4

b=-4

300

What is the slope and y-intercept of the line

y=-2x+8

m=-2

b=8

400

What is the slope and y-intercept of the line 

-4x+y=6

m=4

b=6

500

What is the slope and y-intercept of the line 

3x+y=4

m=3

b=4

Slope Vocabulary

100

The ratio of the rise to, or the vertical change, to the run or horizontal change

Slope

200

The ______ of a line is the y-coordinate of the point where the line crosses the y-axis.

y-intercept

300

The _______ of a line is the x-coordinate of the point where the graph crosses the x-axis.

x-intercept

400

What is y=mx+b form called?

Slope-intercept form

500

An equation with a graph that is a straight line.

Linear Equation 

Finding Slope from a Table

100

x| -3 3 9 15

y| -3 1 5  9

m=2/3

200

x| -2 -1 1 2

y| -4 -2 2 4

m=2

300

x| 0 2  4   6

y| 9 4 -1 -6

m=-5/2

400

x| -6 -2 2 6 

y| -2 -1 0 1

1/4

500

x| 1   3 5 7

y| 12 9 6 3 

m=-3/2