Slope facts for kids

Steam-age railway gradient post indicating a slope in both directions at Meols railway station, United Kingdom

Slope might mean:

• An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
• The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
• In mathematics, the ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line

Images for kids

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  Slope illustrated for y = (3/2)x − 1. Click on to enlarge

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  Slope of a line in coordinates system, from f(x)=-12x+2 to f(x)=12x+2

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  At each point, the derivative is the slope of a line that is tangent to the curve at that point. Note: the derivative at the point A is positive where green and dash-dot, negative where red and dashed, and zero where black and solid.

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  A 1371-meter distance of a railroad with a 20‰ slope. Czech Republic

See also

In Spanish: Pendiente (matemática) para niños