Identify Independent and Dependent Variable Math

Name the INDEPENDENT variable from the table below.

• words

• minutes

In the table, Bubbles is the ______________.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

You are walking directly away from your house. You are 5 miles away from your house when you start walking, so you can determine your distance from your house by adding 5 to the number of miles you have walked. In the equation below, x represents the number of miles you have walked, and y represents your distance from home in miles.

The relationship between these two variables can be expressed by the following equation:

y=x+5

Which is the independent variable?

• Your distance from home

• number of miles you walked

The dependent variable is:

• m = money

• A = A on report card

Dilcia wants to know how drinking milk affects how tall Monica grows. Which is the independent variable?

• Monica's growth

• drinking milk

Changes in the _________ variable causes changes in the _________ variable.

• independent; dependent

• dependent; independent

A(n) _____________ variable depends on or is changed by another variable.

• dependent

• independent

In the equation m = 5 r + 4, which of the following represents the dependent variable?

• r

• 5

• m

• 4

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

• The dependent variable is total cost
• The dependent variable is weight
• The independent variable is total cost
• The independent variable is cost of a package