Slope and Intercept

Shouldn’t you know how steep that hill is before you skate down it? In this BrainPOP UK movie, Tim and Moby show you how to calculate the slope, or gradient, of a line. In this educational, animated movie you’ll learn how to find a gradient by comparing how much the line changes along each axis. You’ll discover how to calculate the vertical and horizontal changes and how to use those numbers to define the slope of a line. You’ll also find out how the intercept on the x- or y-axis can be plugged into the slope-intercept equation. And by using that formula, you’ll be able to work out the values of x or y at any point on the line. Oh yes - and you might think twice about taking on that half-pipe!

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