Slope of a Line Simplified

Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.

Parallel lines always have the ​ (a)   slope.

Perpendicular lines have slopes that are ​ (b)   .

The product of perpendicular slopes always equals ​ (c)  

• same

• negative reciprocals

• -1

• reciprocals

• 1

• different

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

What slope is perpendicular to this line?

Record your response as a simplified fraction.

(a)  

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

What slope is perpendicular to this line?

Record your response as a simplified fraction or decimal.

(a)  

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

What is the slope of the line segment shown?

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which of the following answers are correct ways to express the slope of the line shown? Select all that apply.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

How would you determine the slope of this line?

• count the vertical and horizontal distances between the two points, and then write them as a ratio (divide)

• use a ruler to measure the length

• use a protractor to measure the angle

• find the area of the triangle

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which of the lines has a negative slope?

• D

• F

• G

• H

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

The SLOPE of a line is a measure of its...

• steepness

• length

• width

• height

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

When finding the slope of a line, we sometimes draw __________ between two points to help us count distances.

• right triangles

• parallelograms

• circles

• emojis

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

When we used the triangles to find slope, we counted the heights and bases of the triangles and then divided (or simplified a fraction). Which of the following is NOT another way to count the same things to find slope?

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5