Proportional Relationships and Linear Equations · Algebraic Thinking

Slope and Proportionality

Interpreting the unit rate as the slope of a graph and comparing different proportional relationships.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the steepness of a line represent a constant rate of change?
  2. 2In what ways can a visual graph provide more information than a table of values?
  3. 3Why do similar triangles along a line result in the same slope calculation?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.8.EE.B.5CCSS.Math.Content.8.EE.B.6
Grade: 8th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Proportional Relationships and Linear Equations
Period: Algebraic Thinking

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