Slope using slope triangles (all positive, small#)

Use graph paper to plot the points. Draw a line from one point to the other. Create a "slope triangle." Remember the slope is the height of the triangle divided by the base.

Find the slope between points (1,2) and (2,5).

• 3/1

• 1/3

• 2/5

• 1/2

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Find the slope between (2,2) and (4,5).

• 3/2

• 2/3

• 3/1

• 4/5

Find the slope between (2,2) and (4,3).

• 3/2

• 2/3

• 2/1

• 1/2

Find the slope between (1,1) and (2,5).

• 1/4

• 4/1

• 2/1

• 1/2

Find the slope between (1,1) and (5,2).

• 1/4

• 4/1

• 2/1

• 1/2

Find the slope between (3,5) and (5,7).

• 2/2 = 1

• 2/1 = 2

• 1/2

• 1/3

Find the slope between (3,3) and (5,8).

• 1/4

• 4/1

• 5/2

• 2/5

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7

Find the slope between (2,2) and (7,4).

• 1/4

• 4/1

• 5/2

• 2/5

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.B.4

Find the slope between (2,2) and (5,3).

• 1/3

• 3/1

• 5/2

• 2/5

Find the slope between (1,2) and (5,5).

• 4/3

• 3/4

• 1/3

• 3/1

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.8.SP.A.3