Tracking C

Straight Lines Grade C

By the end of this lesson you will:

- plot linear functions
Key words: straight line, x , y , axes
Challenge... Can you fill this table in?

y = 3x + 1

x 0 1 2
y
Drawing Straight Line Graphs y
10

y = 3x 9
y=x
8
7 x y
x y 6
5
0  0
0  0
4 3  3
2  6 3
-4  -4
-3  -9 2
1

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
-1
y = ½x -2
y = 2x
-3
x y -4
x y
0  0 -5
0  0
-6
8  4 3  6
-7

4  2 -8 -4  -8
-9
-10

Use grid 1 to draw 4 graphs with me.

Let’s do this one together:

y = 4x + 2

Fill in this table:

x -2 -1 0 1

y
 y
10

y=x+5 9
y=x+1
8

x y 7 x y
6
5
0  1
0  5
4 3  4
3  8 3
-4  -3
-5  0 2
1

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
y=x-7 -1

-2
y=x+2
x y -3
x y
-4

0  -7 -5
0  2
-6
10  3 5  7
-7
4  -3 -8 -5  -3
-9
-10
 y
10

y = 3x – 4 9
y = 2x + 1
8

x y 7 x y
6
5
0  1
0  -4
4 3  7
4  8 3
-4  -7
-2  -10 2
1

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
y = ½x + 5 -1
y = 2x - 5
-2

x y -3
x y
-4

0  5 -5
0  -5
-6
8  9 6  7
-7
-8  1 -8 -2  -9
-9
-10
 y
10

y = -3x + 4 9
y = -x
8

x y 7 x y
6
5
0  0
0  4
4 5  -5
4  -8 3
-6  6
-2  10 2
1

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
y = -½x - 3 -1

-2
y = -2x
x y -3
x y
-4

0  -3 -5
0  0
-6
8  -7 3  -6
-7
-8  1 -8 -5  10
-9
-10
Lines parallel to the x axis y Lines parallel to the y axis
10
9

8
Y=8
7
6
5

4 Y=4
3
2 Y=2
1

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x Y = 0
-1

-2
-3 Y = -3
-4

-5
-6
-7

-8 Y = -8
-9
-10

x = - 7 x = - 4 x = 0 x = 5 x = 9
 Draw the following straight line graphs
y
10

1. y = 2x + 3 9

2. y = 3x – 5 7
6

3. y = -x + 6 5

4
4. y = -4 3
2
5. x = 7 1

0 x
6. Y = ½x –2
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
-1

7. Y = - 4x -9 -2
-3
-4

-5
-6
-7

-8
-9
-10
 Try it for yourself…
Page 14, Exercise 1E
Question 1, 2 and 3