Quiz - Slope, Angle of Elevation & Grade

A hill rises 3 feet for ever 14 feet. What is the slope as a decimal?

• 0.21

• 4.7

• 42

• 0.15

What is the rise of a mountain with a grade of 5% and a run of 700 feet?

• 3.5 feet

• 350 feet

• 35 feet

• 50 feet

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

If a road has a 5% grade over a 1000 foot run, how much higher will you be at the end of that run than at the beginning?

• 5 feet

• 500 feet

• 50 feet

• 5000 feet

Poley has a ski hill that rises 620feet for every 1430 feet. Martock has a ski hill that rises 350 feet for 500 feet. Which hill is steeper?

• Martock

• Poley

• Neither

• 0.699

• 0.0699

• 0.7

• 0.04