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Google

Google for Education: Slope and Y Intercept

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Students calculate the slope and y-intercept of a line passing through a given set of points. Use Python to solve various challenging slope and y-intercept exercises.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Effects of Changing Y Intercepts in Problem Situations

For Students 9th - 10th
Given verbal, symbolic, numerical, or graphical representations of problem situations, the student will interpret and predict the effects of changing the y-intercept in the context of the situations.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Slopes and Y Intercepts With Cabri Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use the TI-84 Plus, Cabri Jr., and TI-Navigator to teach slopes and y-intercepts in your Algebra classroom.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: The Meaning of Slope and Y Intercept in Context of Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource contains a lesson on the slope and y-intercept of a line and how to interpret them in word problems.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: X and Y Intercepts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson from Purplemath.com explains how to find x and y intercepts then shows exmples.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Find Equation of Line Given That You Know Its Slope and Y Intercept

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input the slope and y-intercept of a line and gives you the equation of the line in slope-intercept form. It also gives a detailed solution using the information that you provided.
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PBS

Pbs: String Product: Finding the Y Intercept

For Students 6th - 8th
Examine how a giant piece of art at the National Museum of Mathematics reveals some unexpected relationships between coordinates on a parabola. This video focuses on the relationship between negative and positive points on the parabola...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Interpreting Slope and Y Intercept of Lines of Best Fit

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice explaining the meaning of slope and y-intercept for lines of best fit on scatter plots. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Graphing Rational Functions X and Y Intercepts

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Find out how to find the x and y-intercepts when graphing rational functions.
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Other

Nearpod: Interpreting Slope & Y Intercept

For Teachers 8th
For this lesson on interpreting slope and y-intercept, 8th graders will learn how to identify the slope and the y-intercept of a line in order to identify if a proportion is demonstrated.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Idenitfying Slope and Y Intercept

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Short quiz on identifying slope and y-intercept given a linear equation.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Linear Equations and Y Intercepts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These questions measure knowledge and skills: order of operations; solving equations in one variable; graphing linear equations; writing linear expressions and equations; finding the y-intercept of a linear function.
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Math.com

Math.com: Graphing Equations and Inequalities: Slope and Y Intercept

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The tutorial explores the slope and y-intercept of a linear equation. Notes, examples, and practice problems are included in the resource.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining Intercepts and Zeros of Linear Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Given algebraic, tabular, or graphical representations of linear functions, the student will determine the intercepts of the graphs and the zeros of the function.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Intercepts by Substitution

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify x and y-intercepts when problem solving.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs Using Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students graph linear equations by using the slope and the y-intercept. Students watch videos, review guided notes and attempt practice problems.
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Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: Intercepts

For Students 9th - 10th
The Northeast Parallel Architecture Center at Syracuse University provides a lesson on finding the x-intercepts and y-intercepts of equations.
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Intercepts

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to find the x and y intercepts of a linear function, to graph the function using the intercepts, and to graph vertical and horizontal lines. The tutorial offers many examples with clear step-by-step examples.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: X (Or Y) Marks the Spot

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will identify x- and y-intercepts graphically. Students will calculate the slope between 2 points. Students will write the equation of a line in slope-intercept form when given the graph of the line.
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Other

Nearpod: Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson on slope-intercept form, students will learn how to write and graph a linear function using the slope-intercept form by learning about the y-intercept and slope.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Y=mx+b Quick Check

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students use an activity center to input equations with correct slope and y-intercept.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students write linear equations in slope-intercept form and graph them. Students practice identifying slope and y-intercept and writing equations from a graphs.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Slope Intercept Form of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use TI-Navigator to explore the relationship between a linear function and its graphs. See how the value of the slope and y-intercept affect the graphs.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Equations of a Line (Slope and Intercept Form)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The interactive resource investigates slope and intercept. Students adjust the sliders to control the slope (m) and the intercept (b) of the line. The equation and the line will change accordingly. Learners can also drag the origin.

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