Slope and Intercept

What is the slope of a line?

• Its Length.

• Its width.

• Its location in space.

• Its Steepness.

What is the minimum amount of information you need in order to calculate the slope of a line?

• The x and y intercepts of the line.

• Any two points along the line.

• The length of the line.

• The endpoint of the line.

What does the x coordinate of a point tell you?

• The spot where it crosses the x axis.

• Its location along the x axis.

• How far away it is from he x axis.

• The length of the line alone the x axis.

In the phrase "rise over run," what does "rise" indicate?

• The difference in y coordinates between two points on a line.

• The difference in x coordinates between two points on a line.

• The difference between the x intercept of a line and the y intercept of a line.

• The difference between a line's slope and it length.

In the phrase "rise over run," what does "run" indicate?

• The difference in y coordinated between two points on a line.

• The difference in x coordinates between two points on a line.

• The difference between the x intercept of a line and the y intercept of a line.

• The difference between a line's slope and its length.

Which of the following coordinates represents the y intercept of a line?

• (1, 1)

• (-6, 0)

• (0, 5)

• (-5, -5)

What is the slope of a line with one point at (2, 1) and another at (5, 3)?

• 1/2

• 3/2

• 2

• 2/3

In the equation "y = mx +b," what does the "m" stand for?

• The slope of the line

• The x intercept

• The y intercept

• The origin of the coordinate plane

What are the x- and y-intercept for a line with one point at (2,1) and another at (6,3) ?

• The x-intercept is (2,1) and the y-intercept is (5,3)

• The x-intercept is (0,1) and the y-intercept is (3,0)

• the x-intercept is (0,2) and the y-intercept is (4,0)

• Both the x and y intercepts are (0,0)

What is the slope of a line with one point at (5,1) and another point at (7,2)?

• 1/2

• 1

• 2

• 1/3