Slope: Rise Over Run
A Grade 9 math worksheet focusing on understanding and calculating slope using the rise over run method.
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Slope: Rise Over Run
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for full credit.
Understanding Slope
1. Define 'slope' in your own words. Why is it important in mathematics?
2. The formula for calculating slope (m) is rise divided by .
3. A horizontal line has a slope of .
4. A vertical line has an slope.
5. Which of the following describes a line with a positive slope?
It goes down from left to right.
It goes up from left to right.
It is a horizontal line.
It is a vertical line.
6. Plot the points (2, 3) and (6, 5) on the graph below. Then, calculate the slope of the line connecting these points using the 'rise over run' method.
Show your work for calculating the slope:
7. A ramp rises 4 feet for every 12 feet of horizontal distance. What is the slope of the ramp?
8. If a line has a slope of -3/2, describe how it moves from left to right.
9. A steeper line has a smaller absolute value of slope.
True
False
10. The rise is the change in the x-coordinates, and the run is the change in the y-coordinates.
True
False
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