8th grade warm up

Identify the slope (AC) of triangle ABC.

• 2

• 1/2

• -2

• -1/2

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.

What is the slope in the picture?

• Positive
• Negative
• Zero
• Undefined

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 3/2

• 1/3

What type of slope?

• undefined
• positive slope
• negative slope
• zero slope

Solve for X.

• 2 ft
• 3 ft
• 4 ft
• 6 ft

Select the triangle that could lie on a line with a slope of 3/2.

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What is the slope that can be made from this slope triangle?

• 1/3

• 3

• 20

• 1/20

What does the fraction of rise over run simplify to for both triangles?

• 6

• 9

• 12

• 24

Which of the following is a true statement about the triangles 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.