Finding and Understanding Slope in Real-Life Scenarios

A car travels on a straight road that rises 3 feet for every 12 feet it moves forward. What is the slope of the road?

• 2/5

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 1/4

A skateboard ramp is designed so that it rises 5 feet over a horizontal distance of 15 feet. What is the slope of the ramp?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 3/4

• 2/5

If a line on a graph passes through the points (2, 3) and (6, 7), what is the slope of the line?

• 4

• 1

• 0.5

• 2

A bicycle path rises 4 feet for every 20 feet of horizontal distance. If you were to graph this path, what would be the slope?

• 3/10

• 2/5

• 1/5

• 1/4

A building is 10 feet tall and is 40 feet away from the base of a hill. What is the slope of the hill if it rises to the height of the building?

• 0.25

• 0.1

• 1.0

• 0.5

A line has a slope of -2 and passes through the point (1, 4). What is the equation of the line in slope-intercept form?

• y = 2x + 2

• y = -2x + 6

• y = -2x - 1

• y = -2x + 4

If a line has a slope of 3 and passes through the origin, what is the equation of the line?

• y = 3x

• y = x + 3

• y = 2x

• y = 3x + 1

A mountain trail rises 8 feet for every 30 feet of horizontal distance. What is the slope of the trail?

• 2/5

• 3/10

• 1/4

• 4/15

A graph shows a line that descends from the point (4, 5) to the point (1, 2). What is the slope of this line?

• 1

• 3

• 2

• -1

A farmer wants to create a fence that rises 6 feet over a distance of 24 feet. What is the slope of the fence?

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 1/2