Dependent and Independent Variable Math

Determine which is the INDEPENDENT variable: the number of minutes running or the amount of calories burned

• Number of minutes running

• number of calories

• They are both

• neither one is

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

Determine which is the DEPENDENT variable: the grade made on your math test or the number of minutes you spent studying

• Grade on math test

• number of minutes

• Both are

• Neither are

Determine which is the INDEPENDENT variable: the grade made on your math test or the number of minutes you spent studying

• neither are

• both are

• grade on the test

• number of minutes

Determine which is the DEPENDENT variable: the number of minutes running or the amount of calories burned

• number of minutes running

• amount of calories burned

• both are

• neither are

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

In the equation y = 2x - 4, what is the dependent variable?

• 2x

• x

• -4

• y

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

Elizabeth hired a cleaning service to clean her house. To find C, the total cost of cleaning her house, she used the following equation.

C = 7.5x + 25

What is the dependent variable for the equation?

• 7.25

• 25

• C

• x

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

What is the dependent variable in the equation y = 3x - 2?

• y

• x

• -2

• 3x

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

Match the following using the given graph of a two-variable equation.

• Velocity in m/s

• Dependent Variable x

• 8 m/s

• Equation

• y = 4x

• Independent Variable y

• 5 seconds

• Time it takes to reach a velocity of 20 m/s

• Time in seconds

• Velocity after 2 minutes

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Elizabeth hired a cleaning service to clean her house. To find C, the total cost of cleaning her house, she used the following equation.

C = 7.5x + 25

What is the dependent variable for the equation?

• 7.25

• 25

• C

• x

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9

The dependent variable is:

• x

• y

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.C.9