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Slope from rise and run

Grade 8 math · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Slope is rise over run: the change up or down divided by the change left or right.

  1. A line goes down 1 while going left 4. What is its slope?
  2. A line goes up 2 while going left 7. What is its slope?
  3. A line goes down 2 while going right 2. What is its slope?
  4. A line goes down 8 while going right 6. What is its slope?
  5. A line goes down 6 while going right 8. What is its slope?
  6. A line goes up 7 while going left 3. What is its slope?
  7. A line goes down 5 while going right 5. What is its slope?
  8. A line goes up 10 while going right 11. What is its slope?
  9. A line goes down 3 while going right 7. What is its slope?
  10. A line goes up 4 while going left 5. What is its slope?
  11. A line goes up 10 while going right 8. What is its slope?
  12. A line goes up 10 while going right 5. What is its slope?
  13. A line goes down 15 while going left 12. What is its slope?
  14. A line goes down 5 while going left 2. What is its slope?
  15. A line goes down 20 while going left 8. What is its slope?
  16. A line goes up 7 while going right 15. What is its slope?
  17. A line goes down 4 while going left 29. What is its slope?
  18. A line goes up 21 while going right 27. What is its slope?
  19. A line goes up 6 while going right 20. What is its slope?
  20. A line goes down 16 while going right 10. What is its slope?
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Answer key: Slope from rise and run

  1. 1/4
  2. -2/7
  3. -1
  4. -4/3
  5. -3/4
  6. -7/3
  7. -1
  8. 10/11
  9. -3/7
  10. -4/5
  11. 5/4
  12. 2
  13. 5/4
  14. 5/2
  15. 5/2
  16. 7/15
  17. 4/29
  18. 7/9
  19. 3/10
  20. -8/5