Slope Prelesson
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Slope tells us:
- How far away something is.
- How high a line is.
- How steep a line is.
- How smooth a curve is.

For this graph the line has:
- No slope
- A little slope
- A lot of slope

For this graph the line has:
- A little slope
- A lot of slope
- No slope

This line goes down. It's slope is:
- Negative
- Positive
What is the equation for slope?
- slope = Δy/Δx
- slope = Δx/Δy
- slope = D/T
- slope = mx + b
Slope = Δy/Δx
Δy means what?
- Change in y.
- How much y.
- Less than y.
- Loss of y.
Slope = Δy/Δx
If Δy means "change in y", how do you find Δy?
- Δy = y2 - y1
- Δy = y1- y2
- Δy = y1+ y2
- Δy = y2
Slope = Δy/Δx
What is the equation for Δx?
- Δx = x1+ x2
- Δx = x2 - x1
- Δx = x1- x2
- Δx = x2
To find slope you need how many points on the line?
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1

When calculating slope you need to pick two "good points".
On this graph, which is the "good point"?
- C
- A
- B
- D

Which are two good points you could use to find the slope of the line?
- C,E
- E, G
- B,F
- B,D
- A,G
- A,B

After you find two good points, circle the x and y coordinates of those points.
What is the y coordinate for the circled point?
- 10 s
- 50 m
- 12
- 60 m

What is the x coordinate for the circled point?
- 10 sec
- 8 sec
- 12 sec
- 6 sec

The only other good point on this graph is:
- At (0,0)
- At (4, 30)
- At (8, 50)
- At (2, 10)

Slope = Δy/Δx.
What is Δy for this graph?
- 10 m
- 60 m
- 8 m
- 40 m
- 50 m

Slope = Δy/Δx.
Δy = 60 m
What is Δx for this graph?
- 10 s
- 40 m
- 60 s
- 50 s
- 8 s

Slope = Δy/Δx.
Δy = 60 m
Δx = 10 s
Calculate the slope.
- slope = 40 m
- slope = 70 m/s
- slope = 50 m/s
- slope = 6 m/s
- slope = 600 m/s