Math Formula Questions

Question 1

What is the slope?

Answer 1

The steepness of a line, and a ratio between the change in y and the change in x between any two points on a line.

Question 2

What is the formula for the slope?

Answer 2

Change in Y over Change in X

Question 3

What is this symbol?

Answer 3

The change in y or x.

Question 4

How do you find the change in x?

Answer 4

Subtract the x coordinate of the first point from the x coordinate of the second point.

Question 5

How do you find the change in y?

Answer 5

Subtract the y coordinate of the first point from the y coordinate of the second point.

Question 6

What is the point-slope form?

Answer 6

A linear equation written in the form y-y1 = m (x-x1).

Question 7

In point-slope form, the line passes through the point…

Answer 7

(x1,y1)

Question 8

What variable represents the slope of a line?

Answer 8

m

Question 9

What is the rise of a slope?

Answer 9

The change in y between any two points on a line.

Question 10

What is the run of a slope?

Answer 10

The change in x between any two points on a line.

Question 11

What is slope-intercept form?

Answer 11

A linear equation written in the form y=mx+b.

Question 12

What is the formula for point-slope form?

Answer 12

y-y1=m(x-x1)

Question 13

What is the formula for slope-intercept form?

Answer 13

y=mx+b

Question 14

What is the y-intercept?

Answer 14

The y coordinate of the point where a line crosses the y axis.

Question 15

What is the x-intercept?

Answer 15

The x coordinate of the point where the line crosses the x axis.

Question 16

The change in y is the…

Answer 16

Rise.

Question 17

The change in x is the…

Answer 17

Run.

Question 18

What is the standard form of a linear equation?

Answer 18

ax+by=c, and a and b are integers.

Question 19

Solution of a linear equation

Answer 19

All the points on a line.

Question 20

In the formula of slope-intercept form, b is the…

Answer 20

The intercept.