SLOPE Vocabulary
Graph
Table
Word Problem
Bonus
100
What is the formula for slope-intercept equation?
y=mx+b
100
What is the common formula use for finding the slope of a graph?
m = rise/run
100
What is the common formula used for finding the slope of a table?
m = changeY/changeX
100
Before their weight-loss challenge, Jack weighed 180 pounds while Jessie weighed 186 pounds.
Who has the lesser weight after 0 weeks of exercise (y-intercept) ?
Jack at 180 pounds
100
What is the y-intercept, when the line crosses through the origin?
y-intercept is zero
b = 0
200
What does the m stand for in y=mx+b ?
Slope
200
How would you find the y-intercept on a graph?
the point wherever the line crosses the y-axis
200
How would you find the y-intercept on a table?
the y-value, wherever the x-value is zero(0)
200
Keanu bought a pit bull that was 25 pounds and gains 3 pounds per month, while Kelly bought a pit bull that was 27 pounds and gains 2 pounds per month.
Which pit bull has the greater weight at zero months (y-intercept) ?
Kelly's dog at 27 pounds.
200
What kind of slope is it when the line is leaning left?
A negative slope from a GRAPH.
300
What does the b stand for in y=mx+b ?
Y-Intercept
300
What is the y-intercept of this graph?
y-intercept is 2
b = 2
300
What is the slope of the table?
m = 5/1
m = 5
300
Keanu bought a pit bull that was 25 pounds and gains 3 pounds per month, while Kelly bought a pit bull that was 27 pounds and gains 2 pounds per month.
Which pit bull gains weight faster (slope) ?
Keanu's dog at 3 pounds per week.
300
What kind of slope is it when you have the same signs?
A positive slope from a TABLE.
400
What is the vocabulary word for this definition?
"A measure of the steepness of a line on a graph; the rise divided by the run."
Slope
400
What is the slope of this graph?
slope is 1/3
m = 1/3
400
What is the y-intercept of the table?
b = 375 degrees
400
Danny bike-pedals at a speed of 5 miles per hour, while Jasmine goes at a speed of 8 miles per hour.
AFTER 3 HOURS, WHO WILL BIKE-PEDAL A TOTAL OF 15 MILES?
Danny at 5(miles per hour) x 3(hours) = 15(miles after 3 hours)
400
What does it mean for a graph or line to be linear?
It has to be a straight line.
500
What is the vocabulary word for this definition?
the point where the graph intersects the y-axis(vertical axis), usually the initial/starting value in situations, and the y-value that results when the x quantity is 0.
Y-Intercept
500
What is the y=mx+b equation for the graph below?
y = -1/3x + 1
500
What is the y=mx+b equation of the table below.
y = 2x + 8
500
Keanu bought a pit bull that was 25 pounds and gains 3 pounds per month, while Kelly bought a pit bull that was 27 pounds and gains 2 pounds per month.
After 4 months, how much will each pit-bull weigh?
Keanu's pit-bull = 37 pounds
Kelly's pit-bull = 35 pounds
500
Melvin gets paid $13 an hour, working at Footlocker while getting paid $12 an hour working at Dominoes.
Which job will pay him $65 after a 5 hour shift?
Footlocker: 13($ an hour) x 5(hours) = 65($ after 5 hours of work)