Math 8 Unit 2 Slope and Vocabulary

Math 8 Unit 2 Slope and Vocabulary

by Carrie Dingle

​Slope

​The slope of a line is a number we can calculate using any two points on the line. To find the slope, divide the vertical distance between the points by the horizontal distance.

Multiple Choice

How do I find the slope of a line?

• Divide the horizontal distance by the vertical distance

• Divide the vertical distance by the horizontal distance

• Count the number of squares inside the triangle

• Slope is always 1

Multiple Choice

What is the slope of the line?

• 3/4

• 4/3

• 3

• 4

​Slope

​Sometimes we use the words Rise and Run to describe the vertical distance and horizontal distance.

Multiple Choice

What is the slope of the line?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Open Ended

What is the slope of the line?

Multiple Choice

The number used to multiply all side lengths in a dilation

• scale factor

• center of dilation

• origin

• coordinate plane

Multiple Choice

A transformation in which each point on a figure changes its distance from a fixed point. (stretch or shrink)

• dilation

• translation

• rotation

• reflection

Multiple Choice

Figures are ________ when one can fit exactly over the other after rigid transformations and a dilation

• similar

• congruent

• the same

• amazing

Multiple Select

Slope is

• Vertical distance dived by horizontal distance

• rise over run

• the steepness of a line

Multiple Choice

A comparison of two or more numbers that indicates their sizes in relation to each other

• ratio

• proportion

• cross multiplication

• factor

Multiple Choice

An equation that defines that the two give ratios are equivalent to each other

• rate

• proportion

• cross multiplication

• factor

Multiple Choice

a number that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression

• ratio

• proportion

• factor

• divisi

Multiple Choice

The top number in a fraction

• numerator

• denominator

Multiple Choice

The result of division

• quotient

• product

• sum

• difference

Multiple Choice

The result of multiplication

• quotient

• product

• sum

• difference

Multiple Choice

The result of addition

• quotient

• product

• sum

• difference

Multiple Choice

The result of subtraction

• quotient

• product

• sum

• difference