Laura's Car goes up a Slope

1) Define Slope.

Use ask.com or some other search engine or just explain it with your own understanding.


2) Explain how the car is going up a slope.

The car needs to get to the top of a mountain. It cannot just rise up vertically because it will just fall. So it has to go up gradually - at a slope. The car goes at an angle up a mountain.


3) Write a story with a math problem concerning slope. Write a problem you understand and can solve an explain.

Alfredo and his family are going on a camping trip at the top of a mountain. The all piled into their SUV and packed up tents and food and equipment and cruised up the mountain.The SUV goes up a grade of 6%. It travels from an elevation of 0 to an elevation of 36 feet. How far did the car travel horizontally?


4) Solve the problem, explaining step-by-step.

6% means it travels 6 feet up for every 100 feet horizontally.
6/100 = 36/x
6x6 = 36
100 x 6 = 600

So it traveled 600 feet horizontally.