Pre-activity to Lesson Discussion (Direct Variation)

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The number of men working to the number of hours to finish a job

• DV: Time

  IV: Number of workers

• DV: Number of workers

  IV: Time

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The amount of water to the size of a tumbler

• DV: Size of the tumbler

  IV: Amount of water

• DV: Amount of water

  IV: Size of the tumbler

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The number of persons sharing a pie to the size of the slices of the pie

• DV: number of persons

  IV: size of each slice of the pie

• DV: size of each slice of the pie

  IV: number of persons

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The amount of paint used to cover a wall to the area of the wall

• DV: amount of paint used

  IV: area of the wall

• DV: area of the wall

  IV: amount of paint used

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The time spent walking to the rate at which a person walks

• DV: time

  IV: rate of walking

• DV: rate of walking

  IV: time

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The time a teacher spends checking papers to the number of students

• DV: time

  IV: number of students

• DV: number of students

  IV: time

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The cost of life insurance to the age of the insured person

• DV: cost of insurance

  IV: age

• DV: age

  IV: cost of insurance

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The age of a used car to its resale value

• DV: resale value

  IV: age of the car

• DV: age of the car

  IV: resale value

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The amount of money raised in a concert to the number of tickets sold

• DV: amount of money raised

  IV: number of tickets sold

• DV: number of tickets sold

  IV: amount of money raised

The statement below involves 2 related quantities. identify which is the Dependent Variable (DV) and which is the Independent Variable (IV).

The distance an airplane flies to the time traveling

• DV: distance

  IV: time

• DV: time

  IV: distance