Straight Line Graphs

Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

Question 1

Use the list of words and symbols below to fill in the gaps in the
following paragraph.

The line with equation y = 3x + 1 has a gradient of …….…… and crosses

the ……………. at the point whose ………….…… are ………………

The slope of this line is such that it can be described as an

………………. line.

The line with equation y = 3x + 3 is ……..……… to y = 3x + 1.

Parallel lines have the same ………………………..

The line with equation y = -2x + 1 has a …….……….. gradient.

This means that it slopes………………..…..

parallel , three, (0 , 1), downhill, uphill, coordinates,

negative, gradient, y –axis.

[9 marks]
Question 2

On the set of axes below, plot the points A(2 , 4), B(6 , 0) and C(0 ,
-5).

Plot the point D so that ABCD forms a parallelogram. [1 mark]

What are the coordinates of D?

Answer……………….D is ( , ) [2 marks]
Question 3
6 y

−6 −4 −2 2 4 6

−2

−4

−6

For the line above, find

(i) the intercept on the y axis Answer …………………

[1 mark]

(ii) the gradient of the line Answer……………………

[1 mark]

(iii) the equation of the line Answer……………………

[2 marks]
Question 4
6 y

−6 −4 −2 2 4 6

−2

−4

−6

Match the four lines above to their equations.

Equation Line

y = 2x – 1

y=x+1

y = 3x + 1

y = -3x – 1

[4 marks]
Question 5

Complete the following table for the line y = 3x + 2

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y -7 2 11

[2 marks]

On the axes below, plot these seven points and join them to show the
graph of the line with equation y = 3x + 2.

[2 marks]

What is the gradient of this line? Answer……………………..

[1 mark]

What are the coordinates of the point at which this line crosses the y axis?

Answer ( , )

[2 marks]
Question 6

Write down the equation of the line which is parallel to the line
y = 3x + 5 but whose intercept on the y axis is 2.

Answer y = ………………………… [2 marks]

Question 7
4 y

−6 −4 −2 2 4 6

−1

−2

−3

−4

The graphs above are of the lines y = x and y = 2x – 1.

(i) Write down the coordinates of the point at which these two lines
meet.

Answer ( , ) [2 marks]

(ii) Write down the equation of the line which is the steeper.

Answer……y = …………………………

[1 mark]
Question 8

For each of the following lines write down the coordinates of two
points which are on the line, one point which is above the line and one
point which is below the line.

The first one has been done for you as an example.

Line Points on line Point above Point below

the line the line

y = 2x+ 1 (0,1) and (2,5) (0,3) (0,0)

y = 3x +2
y=x-3
y = -3x + 1
y = -x +4