What is Slope?(in math term)?

Question

what is slope? I'mm a 8th grader in a advance math, and i don't want to get an A below if i get a B on the test, im going to kill myself, thats how i am, so just please just expain to me what exactly slope is, or you can give me any website related to it

Answer 1

Slope is defined as Rise over Run.  On a standard XY cartesian plane, you can say the change in the Y value over the change in the X value.

The formula is often given as (Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1)

For example, if two points on a graph are (1,1) and (4,3), the slope of the line connecting these two points can be found as follows...

(3 - 1)/(4 - 1)

2/3

The slope is 2/3

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slope

Answer 3

rise over run.

Change is y (rise)/ change in x (run)

Answer 4

Slope is rise over run, or y over x (y divided by x).  

Answer 5

the slope is the gradient of a line

try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slope for more indepth stuff