Independent and Dependent Variables

What is the dependent variable in the table?

• the students' height

• the students' shoe size

• the students' name

• the total cost of the shoes

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

What is the independent variable in the graph?

• the cost of a topping

• the total cost of the pizza

• the number of toppings

• the number of pizzas

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

What is the independent variable in the equation?

• 30 minutes

• the number of days

• the minutes practiced

• total number of days

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

What is the dependent variable in the table?

• total amount earned

• total number of hours

• $9 per hour

• the number of hours

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

What is the dependent variable in the graph?

• the cost of the tickets

• the cost of one ticket

• the number of tickets

• the total number of tickets

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

As the number of weeks increases, the number of books read increases by a factor of 9.

What equation represents the situation above? (b is books read, w is weeks)

• b = 9w

• w = 9b

• b = 9 + w

• w = 9 + b

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

Which statement is correct?

• the longer a computer is owned, the more valuable it becomes

• the more valuable a computer is, the longer you should own it

• the less valuable a computer is, the shorter time you should own it

• a computer becomes less valuable as time passes

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.7

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7

Jasmine subscribes to a music streaming website. Each month she pays $10 for unlimited streaming. If c is the total cost and m is the months, this can be represented by the equation c = 10m.

What is the dependent variable in the equation above?

• the minutes streamed

• $10 each month

• the number of months

• the total cost

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

Carter drives his moped at 25 miles per hour.

This can be represented by the equation m = 25h.

Which statement is correct?

• the number of hours driving is dependent on the miles traveled

• as the number of hours increases, the total miles decreases

• as the number of miles increases, the number of hours decreases

• the miles traveled are dependent on the number of hours

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

Which statement is correct?

• the water drains faster the longer the pump works

• as the number of hours increases, the gallons of water increase

• the gallons of water are dependent on the number of hours it pumps

• the number of hours it pumps is dependent on the gallons of water

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.C.9