Horizontal and Vertical Lines Lesson

Horizontal and Vertical Lines Lesson

Special facts about horizontal and vertical lines

Open Ended

Horizontal lines go which way? What trick do you use to remember?

Open Ended

Vertical lines go which way? What trick do you use to remember?

Watch and Learn Using HOY VUX

Watch for how to graph them, how to write an equation, and how to find the slope.

GET READY FOR SOME QUIZ QUESTIONS

Write on a piece of scrap paper HOY and VUX. Write what each ones stands for. Use it for the quiz. Good Luck!

Multiple Choice

What is the equation of a line with a zero slope that goes through the point
(6, 7) ?

• x = 6
• x = 7
• y = 6
• y = 7

Multiple Choice

If a line goes through the points (4, 5) and (4, 7), what type of line is it?

• Horizontal line
• Vertical line
• Slanted line
• No way to tell

Multiple Choice

What is the equation of a line with an undefined slope that goes through point
(-3,5)?

• x = -3
• x = 5
• y = -3
• y = 5

Multiple Choice

What is the equation of the line?

• y = 0
• y = 1
• y = 2
• x = 1

Multiple Choice

What is the equation of this line?

• x=5
• y=5
• y=5x
• x=-5

Multiple Choice

What would the graph of y = 8 look like?

• Horizontal line
• Vertical line

Multiple Choice

Vertical or horizontal?
Undefined slope

• vertical
• horizontal
• neither

Multiple Choice

Vertical or horizontal?
y = -3

• vertical 
• horizontal
• neither

Multiple Choice

What would the graph of the equation x = -4 look like? 

• Horizontal line
• Vertical line

Multiple Choice

Vertical or horizontal?
Slope of 0

• vertical
• horizontal
• neither

Multiple Choice

Vertical or horizontal?
y = 2x + 3

• vertical 
• horizontal
• neither

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be graphed as a horizontal line?

• y = -4
• x = 7
• y = 3x-4
• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Vertical or horizontal?
x = 4

• vertical 
• horizontal
• neither

Poll

Will you use HOY VUX to help you remember horizontal and vertical lines?