Slope on a Graph Notes and Examples

Vocabulary

Steps 1) Decide if the line is positive, negative, or neither 2) Locate two lattice points 3) Draw a slope triangle between them 4) Count the change in y (numerator) 5) Count the change in x (denominator) 6) Reduce

Examples  Flip to the back of your graph paper  Write “Examples” at the top  Draw a line across the paper horizontally and one vertically to create four boxes  Examples on document camera

Examples a) (-3, 1) and (5, 5) b) (-2, 6) and (3, -1) c) (-2, 2) and (3, 2) d) (3, 4) and (3, -1)