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Year 8 The Gradient

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THE GRADIENT

The gradient is how steep a line is.

Small gradient Large gradient


THE GRADIENT
Learning Objective
• Find gradient of a straight line graph
• Plot graphs using the gradient and y-intercept
The RED line has a
8 larger gradient than
7 the BLUE line.
6
5
4
3
2 A big gradient gives a
1 STEEPER line
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
8
7
6
5 The RED line has a
4 positive gradient, the
3
2 BLUE line has a
1 negative gradient
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
Which of these lines has the smallest negative
Which
Which of line
thesehas thehave
lines largest positive gradient?
a POSITIVE GRADIENT?
gradient?

A C

B D
1. Visit https://www.activeteachonline.com/view

2. Enter the below code

uMHCAqAh
Watch the video
• https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/gradient-of-a-l
ine.html
How we do it in Maths
Gradient is calculated by dividing

change in y
change in x

3 4
Gradient  1 Gradient  1
3 2

3 5
Gradient   0.6 Gradient   1 23
5 3
Finding the gradient

What are the gradients of


these lines?
2

1
3
Finding the gradient
What are the gradients
of these lines?

1 2
–
Finding the gradient
What are the gradients
of these lines?

5
3 3
4
Finding the gradient
What are the gradients
of these lines?

1 2
–
Finding the gradient
What are the gradients
of these lines?

5
3 3
4
Finding the gradient
What is the gradient of this line?

1
–
The Gradient-Textbook allocation
Complete the following questions in your
notebook or graph book

Unit 10.2 Questions 3,5,6,8,9


Challenge
• Work out the gradient of the line 2y + x = 20
• A is the point with coordinates (1, 4). B is the
point with coordinates (7, 22). Find the
gradient of AB.
FURTHER REFERENCE

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtHJP1rZ3pI
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_gyD28_Go

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