What is Slope? (Lesson 1)

Which of the following is a true statement about the triangles shown on the graph?

• The slope of the smaller triangle is smaller than the slope of the larger triangle.

• The slope of the larger triangle is larger than the slope of the smaller triangle.

• The triangles are congruent triangles.

• The slopes of the two triangles are the same.

Which statement is NOT true about similar triangles?

• The scale factor is how much bigger one triangle is than the other one.

• Their angles are congruent.

• Their sides have a common ratio.

• They are always the same size.

Which of the following is NOT the definition of slope?

• The steepness of a line

• Length x width.

• The vertical distance divided by the horizontal distance

Which of the following line segments has a slope that is equivalent to the slope of line segment AE?

• AB

• All are correct.

• AD

• BC

Which line has a slope of 1?

• line l

• line k

• both

• none

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

If a right triangle has a vertical leg of 7 units, and a horizontal leg of 8 units, what is the slope of the hypotenuse?

• 87

• 7/8

• 8/7

• 78

Identify the slope (AC) of triangle ABC.

• 2

• 1/2

• -2

• -1/2

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.SP.A.3

Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. The slope of triangle ABC is...

• 1 which is the same as the slope of triangle DEF.

• 3/4 which is the slope of hypotenuse of triangle DEF.

• 4/3 which is the slope of triangle DEF.

• -1 which is the same as the slope of triangle DEF.

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2