Mathematics Grade 7 15 min

Find the slope from a graph

Find the slope from a graph

What you'll learn

  • Identify the rise and run on a given graph of a line.
  • Calculate the slope of a line from its graph by expressing it as a ratio of rise over run and simplifying the fraction.
  • Determine if the slope of a line from a graph is positive, negative, zero, or undefined and explain the reasoning.
  • Given a graph, find the slope and write it as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

Tutorial Preview

1

Find the slope of the line through points (1, 2) and (3, 6).

2

Find the slope of the line through points (0, 5) and (2, 1).

3

Find the slope of the line through points (-1, 4) and (3, 4).

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
What is the slope of the line passing through (0, 0) and (1, 3)?
0.3
1.1/3
2.-3
3.1
Easy
What is the slope of the line passing through (1, 5) and (2, 3)?
0.2
1.-2
2.1/2
3.-1/2
Easy
What is the slope of the line passing through (2, 6) and (5, 6)?
0.1
1.6
2.0
3.Undef.

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