Gradient

The gradient of a straight line measures its steepness, calculated as the change in $y$ divided by the change in $x$: $m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$. A positive gradient rises from left to right, a negative one falls, and a horizontal line has gradient zero.

You meet Gradient in the Coordinate Geometry chapter of SPM Additional Mathematics. Knowing the term precisely matters in the exam: questions often hinge on reading a keyword correctly, and because SPM marking is analytic, using the right definition in your working helps secure method marks.

Our teachers make sure a student can not only recite what Gradient means but use it fluently in a full solution.

Because the SPM Add Math paper is bilingual (BM/EN), it helps to know this term in each language: Gradient (EN) · Kecerunan (BM) · 斜率 (中文)

Other key terms from the Coordinate Geometry chapter you may want to check:

• Midpoint
• Division of a Line Segment
• Parallel Lines
• Perpendicular Lines
• Area of a Polygon
• Locus