Revision worksheet - Straight line graphs

1. Find the gradient and the intercept on the Y- axis for the following lines.
Draw a rough sketch of each line.
a. 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟕

b. 𝒚 = 𝟓 − 𝟒𝒙

c. 𝟐𝒚 − 𝒙 − 𝟖 = 𝟎

d. 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟖

e. 𝒚 + 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟏𝟐

f. 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟐𝟒
2. Find the gradient of the line joining each pair of points.
a. (3,3) (5,7) b. (3,-1) (7,3)

c. (-1, 4) (1,-3) d. (2, 4) (-3, 4)

e. (0.5, -3) (0.4, -4) f. (-2, -3 ) (-1, -4)

3. Find the equations of the lines which pass through the pairs of points given in question 2.
a.
b.

c.

d.

e.

f.
4. Find the equation of the straight line satisfied by the following points.
𝒙 2 7 10

𝒚 -5 0 3

5. Draw the graphs of the straight lines with the following equations (without using a table of
values).
Find the gradient of each line using your graph.
𝒙 𝒚
a. 𝟓 + 𝟑 = 𝟏
 𝒚 𝒙
b. − =𝟏
𝟑 𝟒

6. Without drawing the diagrams find coordinates of the points where following lines cut the two
axes.

𝒙 𝒚 𝒚 𝒙
a. − =𝟏 b. + =𝟏 c. 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟔
7. Give the coordinate of the point where each line crosses the (a) 𝒚-axis and (b) the 𝒙-axis.
i) 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏

ii) 𝒚 = 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐

𝟏
iii) 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏

iv) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟒
8. When the point (𝒌, 𝟑) lies on each of these lines, find the value of 𝒌.
a) 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏

b) 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏

c) 𝒚 = 𝟖 − 𝟐𝒙

d) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟒

9. Put a tick or cross to determine whether each of the following points are on the line with
the given equation.
𝒚=𝟏−𝒙 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟑

(𝟑, −𝟐)

(𝟏, 𝟐)

𝟏
(𝟐, )
𝟐

(−𝟏, 𝟐)
10. For the given equation of a line and point, indicate whether the point is above the line, on
the line or below the line. (Hint: Find out first what 𝒚 is on the line for the given 𝒙)
Below the line On the line Above the line

𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒 (𝟑, 𝟏𝟏)

𝒙+𝒚=𝟓 (𝟕, −𝟐)

𝒚 = 𝟑 − 𝟐𝒙 (−𝟑, 𝟏𝟎)

𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟒 𝟑 𝟒
( , )
𝟒 𝟓

11. (a) Complete the table of values for 2x +y = 3

x –2 –1 0 1 2

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of 2x + y = 3

(c) Use your graph to find the value of y if x=0.5 (Illustrate your answer on the graph)
 𝟏
12. Draw the line with equation 𝒚 = − 𝟐 𝒙 + 𝟏

13. Find the equation of the line that goes through the following points, leaving your equation
in the form 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒄.
a. (𝟐, 𝟑), (𝟔, 𝟕)

b. (−𝟏, 𝟑), (𝟒, −𝟕)

c. (𝟒, 𝟓), (−𝟐, 𝟐)

14. Determine the equation of this line.

15. A line is parallel to 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑 and goes through the point (𝟒, 𝟑). What is its equation?

16. Line 𝒍𝟏 has the equation 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 and line 𝒍𝟐 the equation 𝒚 = 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑.

Find the coordinates of the point at which they intersect.

17. In the diagram the equations of the lines are 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙, 𝒚 = 𝟔, 𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎 − 𝒙, 𝒂𝒏𝒅
𝟏
𝒚 = 𝟐 𝒙 − 𝟑.

Find the equation corresponding to each line.

A:

B:

C:

D:
The distance AB is 11 units.
a. Write down the equation of the line through B which is parallel to 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟓

b. Find the coordinates of the point C where this line crosses the x axis.