1-11 Slope of a Line
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Mathematics
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7th - 8th Grade
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Medium
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Tanya Zerbo
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9 Slides • 7 Questions
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1-11 Slope of a Line
Notes for L44/45
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Warm Up: Compare & Contrast
Looking at lines A, B and C, find one similarity and one difference. You will enter your thinking on the next slide.
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Open Ended
Enter your responses: Give one similarity and one difference between Lines A, B and C.
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Notebook: Types of Slope
The slope of a line is the ratio that describes the line’s steepness and direction.
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Multiple Select
Which lines have a positive slope? Select ALL correct answers.
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Notebook: The Slope Ratio
We express the slope of a line as a ratio:
which means
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Notebook: Slope
Locate two exact points on your graph & connect with a right triangle path
The rise is the vertical leg & The run is the horizontal leg
Is your line increasing or decreasing?
Write your
ratio & include a - sign if negative
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Example 1: Finding Slope from a Graph
You will submit answers on the next slides
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Multiple Choice
This slope is
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Notebook: Finding Slope from an Equation: y = 2x (We will do this in class)
Make a table
Choose three easy values for x
Complete the table & plot points
Now draw your right triangle and express slope as
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Notes for L44/45
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