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Gradients
Gradients
Gradients
Gradient is 2
Can you work out how each of these
ways of identifying a gradient is
measured?
What do you think is the steepest
gradient a road could be and still be
usable?
Hardknott Pass in Cumbria
The steepest road in Britain.
Equivalent to a mathematical
gradient of 0.3
How we do it in Maths
1 in 4 is the same as a gradient of ¼ which is the same as 25%
change in y
change in x
3 4
Gradient 1 Gradient 1
3 2
3 5
Gradient 0.6 Gradient 1 23
5 3