Finding the Slope of a Line

Finding the Slope of a Line

Introduction

Have you ever noticed how some roads are steep while others are almost flat? In math, we use slope to describe how steep a line is. Slope helps us understand how one quantity changes compared to another. You c...

Imagine a straight line that passes through points (1, 2) and (3, 6) on a coordinate grid. How can you find the slope of this line?

Slope is a number that measures the steepness of a line by comparing the vertical change, called the rise, to the horizontal change, called the run, between two points on the line.

We express this mathem...