Interpreting Linear Graphs and Intercepts and Slope

In the linear equation

y = mx + b,

what does m stand for?

• Slope

• y-intercept

• Solution

• x-intercept

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

What is a y-intercept?

• The value of y when x is zero

• The value of x when y is zero

• Slope

• where a line intersects the x-axis

Another name for slope is

• y-intercept

• Solution

• Rate of change

• Undefined

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

The ___________ is the point where a line crosses the x-axis.

• y-intercept

• x-intercept

• domain

• range

Identify the following as vertical, horizontal or neither

A line that has a slope of zero

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• Neither

Identify the following as vertical, horizontal or neither

A line that has an undefined slope

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• Neither

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Slopes of parallel lines are...

• opposite reciprocals

• the same

• opposites

• always 7

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Slopes of perpendicular lines are...

• opposite reciprocals (flip-flip)

• the same

• opposite

• always 7

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

What is another name for the x-intercept of a graph?

• y-intercept

• Zero

• x-axis

• They don't have another name

The x values in a relation make up the __________

• range

• x-intercepts

• domain

• y-intercepts

Tags

CCSS.8.F.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1