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Mathematics
Quarter 1 - Module 1
Slope of A Line

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

Mathematics - Grade 8
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Quarter 1 – Module 7: Slope of A Line
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics
Quarter 1 - Module 1
Slope of A Line
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 Table of Contents

What This Learning Package is About………………………………………………………….i

What I Need to Know……………………………………………………………………………….i

How to Learn from this Learning Package…………………………………………………….ii

Icons of this Learning Package…………………………………………………………………..ii

What I Know…………………………………………………………………………………………iii

Lesson 1:

Slope of A Line ………………………………………………….1

What I Need to Know ………………………………………….…….………... 1

What’s New: Activity 1 Discover …………………………………...……1

What Is It ……………………………………………………………..…… 2

What’s More: Activity 2 Find Me (Part 1) ……………………………… 3

What Is It …………………………………………………………….……. 3

What’s More: Activity 3 Find Me (Part 2) ……………………………….4

What’s New: Finding the Slope Given Two Points …………………… 4

Finding the Slope Given an Equation …………………...5
Finding the Slope Given a Graph ………………………..6

What I Have Learned: Activity 4 …………………………………………6

What I Can Do: Activity 5 ………………………………………………...7

Summary …………………………………………………………………………………...7

Assessment: (Post-Test)…………………………………………………………………8

Key to Answers…………………………………………………………………………….9

References…………………………………………………………………………………10
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What This Module is About

This module is all about slope. You will learn that a slope can be found
anywhere even on the the things that surrounds us.

Aside from understanding what a slope is, you will learn also the different
ways on how to solve or find a slope given two points, a graph, and an equation.

After learning the module, you are expected to apply the concepts in a real
life situation.

What I Need to Know

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Describe and illustrate the slope of a line.

2. Explain how to find the slope of a line.
3. Solve the slope of the line given two points, equation and graph.
4. Show appreciation on the application of slope in real-life.

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How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises
diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that
Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I Know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge.
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you.

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson.

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

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 What I Know

Pre- Assessment

Directions: Answer the following. Choose the letter that corresponds to your
answer.

1. Determine the slope given the two points: (−5, −20), (9, 9).
a. c.

b. 2 d.

2. Find the slope of the equation y = -x + 3.

a. -1 c. 0
b. 3 d. 1
3. What is the slope of (18, -5), (18, 20).
a. -5 c. 2
b. undefined d. 1
4. Find the slope of the equation 2x – y = 1.
a. 0 c. 2
b. 5 d. -5
5. - is the slope of.

a. y = 3x + 5 c. 2y = -3x + 1
b. 4x - 8y = 1 d. x + 2y = -8

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 Lesson Slope of a Line

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What I Need to Know

Slope

Shown at the right is the picture of Mount Mayon. It is one of the fascinating
volcanoes in the Philippines because of its almost symmetrical conical shape. The
approximate steepness of the volcano is labelled by
the line.
The slope of the line can be used to describe
how steep Mount Mayon is.

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Activity 1 Discover
Below are equations that use the variable x, where x is any real number.
1. 3.
2. 4.

1. For each equation, make a table to find the coordinates of three points.

2. Graph each equation on the same x – y plane (use ordered pairs in number 1).
Label each graph with its equation.
3. The equations can be described by the equation . Give the values of a.
4. How does the value of a affect the graph?

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 What Is It

From activity 1, the following can be observed:

1. In y = x, as you move from (1,1) to (2,2), x changes from 1 to 2 and y also

changes from 1 to 2. As x changes from 2 to 3, y also changes from 2 to 3,
and so on. The ratio of the change in y divided by the change in x is the
constant 1.

2. In y = 2x, as you move from (1,2) to (2,4), x changes from 1 to 2 and y also
changes from 2 to 4. As x changes from 2 to 3, y also changes from 4 to 6,
and so on. The ratio of the changes in y divided by the change in x is the
constant 2.

The ratio of the change in y (vertical rise) to the change in x (the horizontal run) is the
slope of the line.

A line can be described by its steepness or slope. The slope m of a line can
be computed by finding the quotient of the rise and the run. That is,

Taken from Mathematics 8 Learners Module

Click the links below to know more about slope.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADLoWIxKsyQ
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bm1_IJ00lQ

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 What’s More

Activity 2 Find Me (Part 1)

Find the slope and answer the follow up questions.

Taken from Mathematics 8 Learners Module

1. How did you find the slope of the line?

2. What is the trend of the graph? is it increasing? Or decreasing?
3. What is the slope of each increasing graph? What are the signs of the
slopes?
4. What is the slope of the decreasing graph? What is the sign of the slope?
5. Do the graphs represent linear functions? Why or why not?
6. What is the slope of the horizontal line?

What Is It

Taken from Mathematics 8 Learners Module

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 What’s More

Activity 3 Find Me (Part 2)

Determine the slope of each line. Identify which of the lines is vertical or horizontal.

Example: – –

1. – 4. –

2. 5. – –

3. 6.

What’s New

Finding the Slope Given Two Points

In finding the slope given two points, the slope formula will be used. That is,

Example 1

Find the slope of the line given the two points below.

a.

Solution:

Let = and =

The slope of the line is .

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 Click the links below to know more.

1. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WkspBxrzuZo
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kMUk_XRvRQ

Finding the Slope Given an Equation

There are two types of equation. These are:

1. Slope-Intercept Form

2. Standard Form

In finding the slope given an equation, the equation must be in the slope-
intercept form,

Where;

= represents the slope

= y-intercept

Example 2

Find the slope given

Solution:

Since the equation is in the slope-intercept form, it is easier to identify the

slope. The slope then which is represented by is

Click the link below to know more.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEjK1oasLSY

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Finding the Slope Given a Graph

Example 3

Find the slope of the given graph.

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Solution:

1. Remember the slope formula which is

2. Identify/Locate two points in the graph. In the graph, it is labelled as 1 and 2.

3. From point 1, count the number it rises downward (vertical). It gives you -14. Now for
the run (horizontal), count from left to right going to point 2. It gives you 10.

4. Substitute the values obtained on the slope.

Click the link below to know more.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-iK1SCCINc

What I Have Learned

Activity 4

Answer the following questions.

1. What is a slope?
2. How do we determine the slope?
3. What are the differences between positive and negative slope?
Zero and undefined slopes?
4. How to find the slope of a line?
5. How do we rewrite slope intercept form to standard form or vice
versa?

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 What I Can do

Activity 5

Directions: Find any inclined object or location that you could see in your school or
surroundings then determine its steepness.

Follow-up Questions:

1. How did you find the steepness of the inclined object?

2. Have you encountered any difficulty in determining the steepness of the
object? Explain your answer.

Summary

Let’s summarize. You have learned that:

1. The slope of a line refers to its steepness. It can be solved using:

a. if the graph is given.

b. if two points are given.

2. The slope of a non-vertical line is constant.

3. The slope of the horizontal line is zero while that of the vertical line is not
defined

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 Assessment: (Post-Test)

Directions: Answer the following. Choose the letter that corresponds to your
answer.

1. Determine the slope given the two points:

a. c.

b. d.

2. Find the slope of the equation .

a. c.
b. d.
3. What is the slope of ( ?
a. c.
b. d.
4. Find the slope of the equation .
a. c.
b. d.
5. is the slope of which equation.

a. c.
b. d.

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Pre-Assessment
A. 1. c
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d
Lesson 1
Activity 1
The answers may vary in every students.
Activity 2
1. 𝑚 1. Answers of the students may vary.
2. 𝑚 2. The trend of the graphs of 1, 2, and 3 are
3. m = 0 increasing, decreasing, and horizontal
line respectively.
3. Slope is . The sign is positive.
4. Slope is -1. The sign is negative.
5. Only 1 and 2 represents a linear
equation.
6. Slope is 0.
Activity 3
1. m = 2
2. m = -3
3. m = 1
4. m = 2
5. 𝑚
6. m = -2
Activity 4
Answers of the students may vary.
Activity 5
Answers of the students may vary.
Post – Test
A. 1. b
2. c
3. d
4. d
5. c
Key to Answers
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