Before doing this section you should look at the National 4 Lifeskills Maths section on Gradient of a slope. The National 4 section shows how to calculate the gradient of a slope using the vertical ...

Any straight line graph has a constant gradient, which is calculated by the change in 𝑦 divided by the change in 𝑥, along any section of the graph. The gradient is measuring the steepness of the ...