Graph a steady rate: the unit rate is the slope
Grade 8 Math Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
Pia's walking club moves at a steady pace. Two points, A and B, are marked on its graph. What is the slope of the line, in miles per hour?
Bo paints a trim board at a steady pace and gets a splash on the nose. The graph shows minutes and feet, marked at 3/4 minute. What is the slope, in feet per minute?
Esme strolls along a lake at a steady pace and stops to admire a duck. The graph shows hours and miles. What is the slope of the line, in miles per hour?
The pages from Milo's printer vary directly with the minutes. It prints 45 pages in 6 minutes. How many minutes does it need for 80 pages?
Milo's bike graph passes through (3, 22). Noah's bike table has the row 6 | 30. Both are steady, with hours and miles. How many more miles per hour does Milo go?
Ren's bean plant grows 18 inches in 10 days. Luz's bean plant graph passes through (4, 6). Both are steady, with days and inches. How many more inches per day does Ren's plant grow?
Noah's snail crawls at a steady pace. The line goes through (0, 0) and (2/3, 3/4), with x in minutes and y in inches. Which rule matches the line?
- y = x + 1/12
- y = 9x ÷ 8
- y = 8x ÷ 9
- y = 3x ÷ 4
Pia's candle burns down at a steady rate. The line goes through (0, 0) and (5/6, 3/4), with x in hours and y in inches burned. Which rule matches the line?
- y = 3x ÷ 4
- y = 10x ÷ 9
- y = x − 1/12
- y = 9x ÷ 10
Ren's printer graph has pages (x) across and minutes (y) up. The line goes through (0, 0) and (45, 6). Which rule matches the line?
- y = 6x
- y = 15x ÷ 2
- y = 2x ÷ 15
- y = x − 39
Zee's scooter graph has blocks across and minutes up. Its line has slope 1/5. Which sentence says what the slope means?
- 1/5 minute in all
- The line starts at 1/5 minute
- 1/5 minute for each 1 block
- 1/5 block for each 1 minute