Curated OER
Rocketsmania And Slope
Students use a professional basketball team's data and graph it on a coordinate plane. They draw a line of regression and finding its equation. They access a website containing statistics for the Houston Rockets basketball team to solve...
Curated OER
Graphing Polynomials
In this polynomials worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 3 different problems. First, they illustrate the x is equal to a given number of a function and determine its multiplicity. Then, students factor the function completely and...
Curated OER
Mine Lesson #1: Slope slider
Eighth graders investigate linear equations. In this Algebra I lesson, 8th graders explore the effects that manipulating a linear equation has on the graph of the function through the use of a java applet.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: X (Or Y) Marks the Spot
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.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Intercepts
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.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Algebra
This WebMath site provides links to tutorials and lessons in both Algebra I and II. Links to topics such as factoring, solving equations, polynomials, simplifying equations, graphing, and much more.
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: Slope Intercept Form
This Northeast Parallel Architectures Center of Syracuse University site contains an example and a few exercises about Slope-intercept form in linear equations.
Purple Math
Purplemath: The Meaning of Slope and Y Intercept in Context of Word Problems
This resource contains a lesson on the slope and y-intercept of a line and how to interpret them in word problems.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Functions 8.f.2 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of the rate of change and identifying Y intercept.
Duke University
Duke University: Intercept of a Straight Line
A brief look at the y-intercept and how to write the y-intercept in point notation.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Determining X and Y Intercepts From a Graph Worksheet
Students determine the intercepts from a given graph. The resource consists of an example, practice exercises, and solutions.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Y Intercepts
Find a quick, concise explanation of what the y-intercept of a function is. An example is given and clearly explained.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Using Slope and Y Intercept to Graph Lines
Demonstrates, step-by-step and with illustrations, how to use slope and the y-intercept to graph straight lines.