Write a Linear Equation From the Graph Exit Ticket

Strengthen your graphing skills with Write a Linear Equation From the Graph – Exit Ticket! This activity helps you practice reading a graph carefully and turning what you see into a clean linear equation. By the time you’re done, you’ll feel confident recognizing slope, intercepts, and patterns — all by looking at a simple line.

You’ll begin by locating two clear points on the graph. Using these points, you’ll calculate the slope by finding the “rise over run.” Whether the line is increasing, decreasing, horizontal, or steep, you’ll learn how to describe its movement with a number. This step helps you understand what the graph is telling you and how slope shapes the line.

Next, you’ll identify the y-intercept, the point where the line crosses the y-axis. Once you know the slope and y-intercept, you’ll write the equation in slope-intercept form:

y=mx+by = mx + by=mx+b

You’ll practice connecting each part of the equation to what you see visually — the steepness, the direction, and the starting point on the axis.