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Exploring Straight Line Graphs
Investigation 1.

Plot all the straight line graphs on the grid below.

Remember to label each one to stop getting confused.

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y = 2x
x
y
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1) Describe how all the graphs look different to each other.

2) What do all the graphs have in common?

3) Explain what you notice about the way the graphs look and their equations.

Y = x+5
y = x+1
x
x
y
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Exploring Straight Line Graphs -2
Investigation 2.

Plot all the straight line graphs on the grid below.

Remember to label each one to stop getting confused.

y = x-7 y = x+2
x x
y y
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4) Describe how all the graphs look different to each other.

5) What do all the graphs have in common?

6) Explain what you notice about the way the graphs look and their equations.

y = 3x-4 y = 2x+1
x x
y
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Exploring Straight Line Graphs
Investigation 3.

Plot all the straight line graphs on the grid below.

Remember to label each one to stop getting confused.

y = 2x-5
x
y
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7) Describe how all the graphs look different to each other.

8) What do all the graphs have in common?

9) Explain what you notice about the way the graphs look and their equations.

y = -x
y = -3x-4 x
x y
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Investigation 4.

Plot all the straight line graphs on the grid below.

Remember to label each one to stop getting confused. y = -2x
x
y

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10)Describe how all the graphs look different to each other.

11) What do all the graphs have in common?

12)Explain what you notice about the way the graphs look and their equations.