Independent and Dependent Math

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

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?

On a graph, which axis shows the independent variable?

• x-axis

• y-axis

• neither

• it changes

On a graph, which axis shows the dependent variable?

• x-axis

• y-axis

• neither

• it changes

What is the pattern in the table below?

• multiplying the number of shots by 3

• adding 3 to the number of shots

• adding 1 to the number of shots

• dividing the number of shots by 3

Name the INDEPENDENT variable from the table below.

• words

• minutes

Name the DEPENDENT variable from the table below.

• minutes

• bubbles

What is the algebraic equation for this table?

• y = 480x

• x = y/480

• x + 480 = y

• 480 - x = y

What is the INDEPENDENT variable?

• distance

• 25

• time

• there isn't one