Slope and Similar Triangles Practice

Lala and Jiyah are trying to build a ramp for their skateboard. They marked two points on the ramp at (2, 3) and (4, 7). Can you help them figure out the slope of the ramp?

• 3

• 1

• 2

• 5

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Travis and Bella are playing a treasure hunt game. They mark their starting point at (-1, 5) on the map. After following the clues, they find the treasure at point (3, -2). What is the slope of the line that represents the path they took to find the treasure?

• -7/4

• 5/3

• 2/7

• -3/2

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Aiden is helping his father to build a ramp for their garage. If the height of the ramp increases by 2 feet for every foot it goes out, what is the slope of the ramp?

• 2

• -2

• 5

• 3

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Khloe is designing a garden and wants to plant a row of flowers parallel to an existing fence line. If the fence line is represented by the equation y = -3x + 4, what is the slope of the line along which Khloe should plant her flowers?

• 2

• 1

• 0

• -3

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Kirby is drawing a graph for his math homework and needs to draw a vertical line. What is the slope of the line he is drawing?

• Negative

• Positive

• Zero

• Undefined

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Kirby is designing a garden and wants to plant a row of flowers perpendicular to an existing path. If the path is represented by the equation y = 2x + 1, what is the slope of the line along which Kirby should plant the flowers?

• 2

• -2

• 1/2

• -1/2

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Meadow and Carter are standing at two different points in a park. Meadow is at point (-2, 4) and Carter is at point (5, 1). If you were to draw a line between these two points, what would be the slope of that line?

• -3/7

• 7/3

• 3/7

• 4/2

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Josh is drawing a road on his map project that runs directly east to west. What is the slope of this road on the map?

• undefined

• 1

• 0

• infinity

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Bella is helping Aiden in his art project. They are trying to draw a road on their canvas that is parallel to another road in their town. If the slope of the road in their town is represented by the equation y = 2/3x + 9, what would be the slope of the road they should draw on their canvas?

• 3/2

• -2/3

• 2/3

• 1/2

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