Finding Slope with X and Y Intercepts

In the equation y=mx+b, what does the m represent?

• slope

• y-intercept

• linear

• point-slope

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

What is the slope in the equation? 
y = 1/2x + 7

• 7

• 1/2

• -7

• 1/2x

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

What is the slope and y-intercept of this line: y = 5 - 7x

• slope: 5

  y-intercept: 7

• slope: -5

  y-intercept: -7

• slope: 7

  y-intercept: -5

• slope: -7

  y-intercept: 5

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

Determine the slope. 

• -5

• 5

• -1/5

• 1/5

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

In the line y=-6x, the slope is ​ (a)   and the y-intercept is ​ (b)   .

• -6

• 0

• 6

• 1

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

The slope represents the average number of​ ​ (a)   grows each day. The ​ (b)   represents the ​ (c)   when it is first planted.

• inches a bamboo plant

• y-intercept

• height of the plant

• x-intercept

• number of days

Match

a

b

y-int

slope

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

what do the letters m and b represent?

a

b

slope

m

fraction

y-intercept

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

Which of these represents slope-intercept form?

• y - y₁ = m(x-x₁)

• Ax + By = C

• y = mx + b

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

What is the slope in the equation y=2x + 3?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• Cannot be Determined 

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5