Directions: Plot the given points in

the Cartesian Plane.

1.A(-1,-2)
2.B (2,3)
3.C (-2,3)
4.D (2, -2)

M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
What does the line look like when…
• You have positive slope?

• You have negative slope?

• You have zero slope?

• You have NO slope?

M. Pickens 2006
Positive
slope, Negative
+ work slope,
- work

Zero
NO
slope is
slope.
zero fun!
Oh No!!!!

Slope Mountain
Ski Resort

M.
T. Pickens
Merrill 2005
2006
M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006
What Type of Slope is Shown?

Positive Slope
Negative Slope
Zero Slope

No Slope/Undefined

M. Pickens 2006
 Slope of a Graph
• When slope is positive or negative we
need to find the actual value of the
slope or rate of change
• On a graph we find slope using the
formula How far up or down it changes
rise
slope  How far left or right it changes
run
M. Pickens 2006
 Slope of a Graph

1. First pick two points

on the line
The points need to be
where the lines cross Rise = 2
so they are integers
Run = 3
2. Then find the rise
and run
3. Determine if the
slope of the line is rise 2
positive or negative slope  
run 3

M. Pickens 2006
 Slope of a Graph

1. First pick two points

on the line
The points need to be
where the lines cross
so they are integers Rise = 10
2. Then find the rise
and run
3. Determine if the
slope of the line is Run = 2
positive or negative
rise 10
slope   5
run 2 M. Pickens 2006
 Slope of a Graphed Line
Find the slope of each line below
y
RISE
Slopes: 
RUN
Find the slope of each 4 1
 
line below 4 1
0
0
6
x
4 8 4
 
2 1
4 3
4
2
 undefined
0

M. Pickens 2006
 Slope of line through 2 points
• To find the slope of a line through 2
given points we use the formula
y 2  y1
slope 
x 2  x1
• For example, Find the slope of a line
that goes through (-3,
-3 55) and (2, 18
2 18)
X1 y1 X2 y2

y 2  y1 13
slope  
x 2  x1 5
M. Pickens 2006
Understanding of Slope
GROUP ACTIVITY (2)

 The students will be divided into five groups.

 They will be given hand-outs to answer the given problem about slope.
 They will be graded using rubrics.

M. Pickens 2006
 GENERALIZATION

• Slope is:
the rate of change of a line
rise y 2  y1
slope  slope 
run x 2  x1
• Describe the slope of each of the following

Negative slope Undefined/ Positive slope Zero/0 slope

No slope

M. Pickens 2006
Individual Activity
 The students will be given a hand-out
to answer the given problem.

M. Pickens 2006
ASSIGNMENT

A. Use the formula for slope to find the

missing coordinates.
1. The points (2,4) and (5, _)lie on a
line whose slope is 7/3.
2. The points (__, 3) and (-2,-5) lie on a
line whose slope is 6.

M. Pickens 2006
B. Find the slope of the steeple.

M. Pickens 2006
Life is a slope. As long as you're going up you're always looking towards the top
and you feel happy, but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the road going
downhill and death at the end of it all. It's slow going up and quick going down.”

― Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

M. Pickens 2006
M. Pickens 2006