Independent and Dependent Quantities Math

Independent means

• an amount that can stand on its own

• an amount that depends on another amount

What algebraic equation shows the relationship between the independent and dependent variables?

• y = ax

• y = x + 12

• y = -3x

• y = 

What are the independent quantities in the table?

• {5,6,7,8,9}

• {0,1,2,3,4}

• x

• y

Which equation matches the table?

• y = x + 5

• y = 5x

• y = x - 5

• x = y - 5

Which equation matches the table?

• y = x 

• y = 5x

• y = x - 4

• y = x + 4

What is the algebraic equation for this table?

• y = 480x

• x = y/480

• x + 480 = y

• 480 - x = y

What are the dependent quantities from the table?

• {-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3}

• {9, 6, 3, 0, -3, -6, -9}

• x

• y

Your independent variable is graphed on which axis?

• x-axis

• y-axis

• origin

The independent quantities are represented by these values: 1, 2, 4, and 8.

• True

• False

The amount of fertilizer added is the dependent quantity.

• True

• False