Unit Rate and Slope Worksheet
Grade 8 math worksheet focusing on understanding and calculating unit rates and slopes from tables, graphs, and equations.
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Unit Rate and Slope
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for full credit.
1. A car travels 240 miles in 4 hours. What is its unit rate (speed)?
40 mph
50 mph
60 mph
80 mph
2. What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (2, 5) and (4, 11)?
2
3
4
6
3. The unit rate describes how many units of the first quantity correspond to one unit of the quantity.
4. Slope is often referred to as "rise over ."
5. A proportional relationship always has a constant .
6. A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour for every 2 cups of sugar. If you want to use 6 cups of sugar, how much flour do you need? Explain your reasoning.
7. Describe what a negative slope indicates about a line on a graph.
8. Plot the points (1, 2) and (4, 8) on the coordinate plane below. Draw a line connecting them and then calculate the slope of the line.
Slope:
9. A unit rate is always expressed as a fraction.
True
False
10. A horizontal line has a slope of zero.
True
False
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