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