3.1.1 On a Slippery Slope

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Mathematics

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9th - 12th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Easy

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CCSS

8.EE.B.5, 4.G.A.1, HSG.CO.A.1

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Meghan Gaiser

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13 Slides • 19 Questions

On the next slide we are going to consider the following:

Using your personal sledding experience or observation,
1. When does a sled move the fastest?
2. When does a sled move the slowest?
3. At what point does the sled stop?

Open Ended

Based on your personal experience or observation, when does a sled move the fastest and when does it move the slowest? At what point does the sled stop?

Type response here

Match

Match the following types of lines with their descriptions.

Horizontal

Slanting upward

Slanting downward

Vertical

Multiple Choice

Imagine that the lines shown are hills or ramps. Which one would be the hardest to climb?

Multiple Choice

Which type of slope does a horizontal line have?

Positive

Negative

Zero

Undefined

Fill in the Blanks

What does the slope of a line measure?

Type answer...

Match

Match each graph (A, B, C, D) with the correct type of slope: Positive, Negative, Zero, or Undefined.

Positive

Negative

Zero

Undefined

Categorize

Options (8)

Climbing a ramp.

Riding an escalator at the mall from one floor down to the next floor.

Riding an escalator at the mall from one floor up to the next floor.

Descending a ramp.

Walking around the first floor of a mall.

A window washer scaling the side of a building.

A bowling ball moving down the lane.

An ant climbing a vertical tree.

Organize these real life scenarios into the slope category that best describes them.

Positive Slope

Negative Slope

Zero Slope

Undefined Slope

Fill in the Blanks

Slope is sometimes referred to as rise over

Type answer...

Multiple Choice

What happens to the direction of a line on a graph when the slope is negative?

The line goes up from left to right

The line goes down from left to right

The line stays horizontal

The line becomes vertical

Multiple Choice

Which steps are necessary to find the slope of a line on a graph?

Find a starting and ending point, count the vertical distance, count the horizontal distance

Find the midpoint, count the vertical distance, count the horizontal distance

Find the starting point, count the horizontal distance, count the diagonal distance

Find the ending point, count the vertical distance, count the diagonal distance

Multiple Choice

You Try!

What is the slope of this line shown?

-3/2

-2/3

2/3

3/2

Show what you know!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scenarios is a real-world example of negative slope?

a caterpillar crawling along a flat sidewalk

a rock climber climbing a vertical rock wall

a biker biking up a hill

a child sliding down a slide at a park

Hotspot

Which of the following graphs is an example of positive slope?

Math Response

What is the slope of this line?

Type answer here

Deg^°

Rad

Open Ended

How would you define a line with an undefined slope?

Type response here

Fill in the Blanks

What is the slope of the line shown?

Type answer...

Fill in the Blanks

What is the slope of the line shown?

Type answer...

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about slope is correct?

A line with a positive slope rises from left to right.

A line with a negative slope rises from left to right.

A line with zero slope is vertical.

A line with undefined slope is horizontal.

Fill in the Blanks

The concept of slope is often described as 'rise over

Type answer...

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