Understand Slope Worksheets Grade 8

1. Find the slope of the line passing through points (3, 7) and (8, 22) = ?
2. Liam is designing a wheelchair ramp for his school's new accessibility project. The building code requires that for every 3 inches of vertical rise, the ramp must extend 36 inches horizontally. If the ramp needs to reach a doorway that is 15 inches above ground level, how many feet long must the ramp be?
3. During a road trip, Olivia notices that the elevation of the highway increases by 46 meters over a horizontal distance of 46 meters. What is the slope of the highway as a simplified fraction?

…and 5 more problems

1. Find the slope of the line passing through points (3, 7) and (5, 13) = ?
2. A line passes through the points (2, 8) and (6, 20). What is the slope of this line?
3. Liam is designing a wheelchair ramp for his school's new accessibility project. The building code requires that for every 12 inches of horizontal distance, the ramp can only rise 1 inch. If the ramp needs to reach a platform that is 18 inches high, what is the minimum horizontal distance in feet that the ramp must cover?

…and 6 more problems

1. Liam is designing a wheelchair ramp for a community center. The building code requires that for every 3 inches of vertical rise, the ramp must extend at least 36 inches horizontally. If the ramp needs to reach a platform that is 15 inches high, what is the minimum horizontal length the ramp must have?
2. A line is drawn on a coordinate plane that passes through points (3, 7) and (9, 19). Another line is drawn perpendicular to this line and passes through point (6, 13). What is the slope of this perpendicular line?
3. Liam is designing a wheelchair ramp for a community center. The building code requires that for every 12 inches of horizontal distance, the ramp can only rise 1 inch. If the ramp needs to reach a doorway that is 15 inches above ground level, what is the minimum horizontal distance in feet that Liam's ramp must cover?

…and 6 more problems