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What the slope of a line of best fit means

Year 9 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

The slope tells how much y changes when x increases by 1.

  1. A line of best fit for temperature (x) and ice creams sold (y) is y = 5x + 9. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 7?
  2. A line of best fit for shoe size (x) and height (y) is y = 2x + 26. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 2?
  3. A line of best fit for temperature (x) and ice creams sold (y) is y = 2x + 9. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 7?
  4. A line of best fit for age of a car (x) and its price (y) is y = 3x + 7. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 4?
  5. A line of best fit for shoe size (x) and height (y) is y = 11x + 6. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 8?
  6. A line of best fit for age of a car (x) and its price (y) is y = 7x + 27. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 7?
  7. A line of best fit for shoe size (x) and height (y) is y = 5x + 15. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 3?
  8. A line of best fit for temperature (x) and ice creams sold (y) is y = 8x + 35. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 4?
  9. A line of best fit for age of a car (x) and its price (y) is y = 12x + 12. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 7?
  10. A line of best fit for temperature (x) and ice creams sold (y) is y = 4x + 25. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 12?
  11. A line of best fit for shoe size (x) and height (y) is y = 4x + 15. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 10?
  12. A line of best fit for hours of sleep (x) and minutes to fall asleep (y) is y = 2x + 14. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 8?
  13. A line of best fit for temperature (x) and ice creams sold (y) is y = 5x + 30. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 3?
  14. A line of best fit for shoe size (x) and height (y) is y = 12x + 37. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 3?
  15. A line of best fit for shoe size (x) and height (y) is y = 5x + 14. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 2?
  16. A line of best fit for temperature (x) and ice creams sold (y) is y = 19x + 14. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 12?
  17. A line of best fit for temperature (x) and ice creams sold (y) is y = 17x + 10. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 3?
  18. A line of best fit for age of a car (x) and its price (y) is y = 18x + 20. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 18?
  19. A line of best fit for hours studied (x) and test score (y) is y = 24x + 20. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 10?
  20. A line of best fit for shoe size (x) and height (y) is y = 6x + 8. By how much does the predicted y change when x increases by 4?
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Answer key: What the slope of a line of best fit means

  1. 35
  2. 4
  3. 14
  4. 12
  5. 88
  6. 49
  7. 15
  8. 32
  9. 84
  10. 48
  11. 40
  12. 16
  13. 15
  14. 36
  15. 10
  16. 228
  17. 51
  18. 324
  19. 240
  20. 24