1. Slope 1

2. Goal Given a line, find the slope AND determine if it is positive or negative.

3. What is slope? The slope is how steep a line is. Think of it like mountains, some are very steep, and others are like hills.

4. Equation

5. How do we find it?

6. Positive or Negative? UP and RIGHT = POSITIVE DOWN and RIGHT = NEGATIVE

7. Example 1

8. Example 2

9. Example 3

10. You try!

11. Graphs are like books! Read the graph from left to right.

12. If you are going up the mountain, then it is positive. If you are going down the mountain, then negative.

13. Write this down! Positive Slope Negative Slope Slope=0 Slope does not Exist

14. Homework “Counting for Slope” Front and back