Dependent vs Independent Variables

the pounds, p, of flour you buy and the number of bread loaves, b, you want to make

• independent: p; dependent: b

• independent: b; dependent: p

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

The number of oranges in a bag and the cost of the bag of oranges are related. What is the independent variable in this relationship?

• number of oranges in the bag

• cost of the bag of oranges

• not enough information

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

What is the independent variable?

• Time spent studying

• Test score

What is the dependent variable?

The speed of a car and the amount of time it takes to get to your destination.

• The speed of a car

• The amount of time it takes to get to your destination

What is the dependent variable?

The amount of donuts to order and the number of students in the class.

• The amount of donuts to order

• The number of students in the class

What is the independent variable?

Icecream sales and the temperature outside.

• Icecream sales

• Temperature outside

Kira designs websites. She can create three different websites each week. Kira wants to create an equation that will give her the total number of websites she can design given the number of weeks she works.
What is the independent vairble

• the number of websites she makes

• the number of weeks

• the design of the website

• there isn't one

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

A food service worker earns $12 per hour. How much money, m, does the worker earn on a shift of h hours? Identify the dependent variable.

• money

• hours

• $12

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

a movie ticket is $8.50 per person. What is the independent variable? 

• Cost

• number of people 

• Time

• space 

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9