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Slope from a table with negative slopes

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Pick two columns of the table. Slope = change in y ÷ change in x.

  1. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 4, 5, 6 and y = 0, −5, −10. What is the slope?
  2. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −2, −1, 0 and y = 6, 7, 8. What is the slope?
  3. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 3, 4, 5 and y = 4, 10, 16. What is the slope?
  4. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 2, 4, 6 and y = −4, 8, 20. What is the slope?
  5. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −2, −1, 0, 1 and y = 8, 4, 0, −4. What is the slope?
  6. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −3, −2, −1, 0 and y = 2, 3, 4, 5. What is the slope?
  7. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 4, 5, 6, 7 and y = 7, 2, −3, −8. What is the slope?
  8. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 4, 5, 6, 7 and y = 4, 0, −4, −8. What is the slope?
  9. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 5, 6, 7, 8 and y = −4, −8, −12, −16. What is the slope?
  10. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −1, 0, 1, 2 and y = 7, −1, −9, −17. What is the slope?
  11. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 1, 2, 3, 4 and y = −6, −10, −14, −18. What is the slope?
  12. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −5, −3, −1, 1 and y = 1, −5, −11, −17. What is the slope?
  13. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and y = −5, 17, 39, 61, 83. What is the slope?
  14. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and y = −9, −25, −41, −57, −73. What is the slope?
  15. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −3, −1, 1, 3, 5 and y = 4, −10, −24, −38, −52. What is the slope?
  16. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −5, −4, −3, −2, −1 and y = 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. What is the slope?
  17. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and y = 6, 15, 24, 33, 42, 51. What is the slope?
  18. The table shows a linear relationship: x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and y = 8, 23, 38, 53, 68, 83. What is the slope?
  19. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −1, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and y = −7, 3, 13, 23, 33, 43. What is the slope?
  20. The table shows a linear relationship: x = −4, −3, −2, −1, 0, 1 and y = 2, −2, −6, −10, −14, −18. What is the slope?
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Answer key: Slope from a table with negative slopes

  1. -5
  2. 1
  3. 6
  4. 6
  5. -4
  6. 1
  7. -5
  8. -4
  9. -4
  10. -8
  11. -4
  12. -3
  13. 11
  14. -8
  15. -7
  16. -1
  17. 9
  18. 15
  19. 5
  20. -4