Slope: Rise Over Run Worksheet
Grade 12 Math worksheet focusing on understanding and calculating slope using the rise over run concept.
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Slope: Rise Over Run
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Read each question carefully and provide your answers in the space provided. Show all your work for full credit.
1. What does a positive slope indicate about a line?
The line is horizontal.
The line rises from left to right.
The line falls from left to right.
The line is vertical.
2. Which of the following formulas represents the slope of a line?
y = mx + b
m = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
A = lw
C = 2πr
3. Slope is often described as rise over .
4. A horizontal line has a slope of .
5. A vertical line has an slope.
6. Calculate the slope of the line passing through the points (3, 5) and (7, 13). Show your work.
7. A ramp rises 2 feet for every 10 feet of horizontal distance. What is the slope of the ramp?
8. Plot the points (1, 2) and (4, 8) on the graph below. Draw a line connecting them and determine the slope by counting the rise and run.
Slope =
9. A line with a slope of -3/2 falls from left to right.
True
False
10. The slope of a line can be calculated using any two distinct points on the line.
True
False
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