Independent Dependent Variables Math

Identify the independent variable: the length of a story in pages, p, and the number of words, w, in a story

Identify the independent variable: The number of students, s, ahead of you in the lunch line and the time, t, it takes you to get lunch.

Identify the independent variable: the amount of time, t, to finish a race and the number of laps, l, around a track

Tickets sold for a race (t) , and the amount of money collected (m) Which is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?

The number of minutes spent talking on the phone (m) , and the amount of the phone bill (B) Which is the DEPENDENT variable?

Identify the independent variable: Tickets, t, sold for a race and the amount of money, m, collected

On a graph, which axis shows the independent variable?

• x-axis

• y-axis

• neither

• it changes

Which label best describes the dependent quantities shown in the table?

• Number of tickets (t)

• Cost (c)

Which label best describes the independent quantities shown in the table?

• Number of tickets (t)

• Cost (c)

• the independent variable is distance
• the independent variable is d=25 t
• the dependent variable is time
• the dependent variable is distance