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Slope from the standard form of a line

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

For the slope, solve for y first. For the y-intercept set x = 0, and for the x-intercept set y = 0.

  1. What is the slope of the line −x − 3y = −7?
  2. What is the slope of the line −3x − 2y = 9?
  3. What is the slope of the line −2x − 6y = 8?
  4. What is the slope of the line 2x + 6y = 4?
  5. What is the slope of the line −7x − 5y = 2?
  6. What is the slope of the line −7x + y = 5?
  7. What is the slope of the line −3x + y = −15?
  8. What is the slope of the line −6x + 6y = −11?
  9. What is the slope of the line 2x − 5y = −19?
  10. What is the slope of the line 3x + 6y = −1?
  11. What is the slope of the line −6x + 8y = −8?
  12. What is the slope of the line −2x + 6y = −15?
  13. What is the slope of the line −3x − 6y = 18?
  14. What is the slope of the line 3x − 11y = 24?
  15. What is the slope of the line 5x + 9y = −17?
  16. What is the slope of the line −3x − 11y = 20?
  17. What is the slope of the line 13x + 3y = 10?
  18. What is the slope of the line 4x − 8y = −21?
  19. What is the slope of the line −13x + 12y = 25?
  20. What is the slope of the line −10x + 15y = 6?
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Answer key: Slope from the standard form of a line

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