Graph a steady rate: the unit rate is the slope
Grade 8 Math Worksheet
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
Kira hikes up a trail at a steady pace and counts every trail sign. The graph shows hours and miles. What is the slope of the line, in miles per hour?
Luz paints a long fence at a steady pace, wearing a very splattered hat. The graph shows minutes and feet painted. What is the slope of the line, in feet per minute?
The height a sunflower grows varies directly with the days, and Bo measures it every morning. It grows 5 inches in 4 days. How many inches does it grow in 10 days?
Ari and Luz each bike at a steady speed. Ari's graph has the marked point (3, 36). Luz's table has the row 5 | 45. Which line is steeper, or are they equally steep?
- Ari's line
- They are equally steep
- Luz's line
Pia's hike is a graph through the marked point (4, 10). Tala's hike covers 15 miles in 6 hours, steadily. Which graph is steeper, or are they equally steep? Hours across, miles up.
- Pia's line
- Tala's line
- They are equally steep
Ari's reading table has the row 8 | 14. Bo's reading graph has the marked point (3, 6). Both are steady, minutes across and pages up. Which line is steeper, or are they equally steep?
- They are equally steep
- Bo's line
- Ari's line
Kira's tub line has slope 5/3. Its graph shows minutes across and gallons up. Which sentence says what the slope means?
- The line starts at 5/3 gallons
- 5/3 gallons in all
- 5/3 gallons for each 1 minute
- 5/3 minutes for each 1 gallon
Luz's printer graph is a straight line through (0, 0) and (6, 10), with x in minutes and y in pages. Which rule matches the line?
- y = 5x ÷ 3
- y = 10x
- y = 3x ÷ 5
- y = x + 4
Milo's snail crawls at a steady pace. The line goes through (0, 0) and (8, 6), with x in minutes and y in inches. Which rule matches the line?
- y = x − 2
- y = 6x
- y = 3x ÷ 4
- y = 4x ÷ 3
Zee's scooter table has the row 5 | 15. Jun's scooter graph has the marked point (4, 8). Both are steady, minutes across and blocks up. Which line is steeper, or are they equally steep?
- Jun's line
- They are equally steep
- Zee's line