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The gradient of a line tells us how far up or down we go when
we take one step to the right:

On a grid like the one below we can draw lines with different
gradients.
Check you agree that the black line is one of several that could be
drawn with a gradient of 2 and the red line is one of several that
could be drawn with a gradient of $-\frac{2}{3}$
Picture some more lines with different gradients. You may want to
use
this sheet
to record your
working.
How many different gradients can you find? Can you find them
all?
Arrange them in order of steepness and list the points each
line passes through.