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?
Tala's tub fills at a steady rate, and the bubbles are getting out of hand. Points A and B are marked on its graph. What is the slope of the line, in gallons per minute?
Zee's snail makes steady progress across the garden. Two points, A and B, are marked on its graph. What is the slope of the line, in inches 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 Jun reads vary directly with the minutes. Jun reads 9 pages in 6 minutes, then wants to read 24 pages. How many minutes does that take?
Esme's printer prints 13 pages in 4 minutes. Jun's printer graph passes through (8, 16). Both are steady, with minutes and pages. How many more pages per minute does Esme's printer print?
Kira's scooter table has the row 5 | 14. Zee's scooter graph passes through (4, 6). Both are steady, with minutes and blocks. How many more blocks per minute does Kira go?
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 = 10x ÷ 9
- y = 9x ÷ 10
- y = x − 1/12
- y = 3x ÷ 4
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 = 2x ÷ 15
- y = 15x ÷ 2
- y = x − 39
- y = 6x
Tala's bike graph has miles across and hours up. Its line has slope 1/8. Which sentence says what the slope means?
- 1/8 mile for each 1 hour
- 1/8 hour for each 1 mile
- 1/8 hour in all
- The line starts at 1/8 hour