1. Gabrielle is saving money for a vacation. Each week she saves $40. Let
s
represent the
total amount of money Gabrielle saves, and let
w
represent the number of weeks. Create
a table and a graph to show how much money she would save from 1 to 7 weeks.
Dependent variable: _________________________________________________________________
Independent variable: _______________________________________________________________
Equation: _____________________________________________
Name: _________________________________________________
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Directions: Identify the dependent and independent variables for each scenario. Write an
equation to represent the relationship between variables. Finally, create a table and a graph
to show the constant relationships.
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40
80
120
160
200
240
280
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of Weeks
w
40
w
or
s
Total Amount
Saved
Number of
Weeks
x
-axis
y
-axis
Total Amount Saved
(
$
)
2. Nataliah can read 160 words per minute. Let
w
represent the total number of words
Nataliah reads, and let
m
represent the number of minutes she spends reading. Create a
table and a graph to show how many words Nataliah will read from 1 to 5 minutes. Don’t
forget to label your axes.
Dependent variable: _________________________________________________________________
Independent variable: _______________________________________________________________
Equation: _____________________________________________
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3. Zoe is shopping for fruit at the local farmer’s market. She knows she wants to buy a bushel
of peaches for $12.00, plus some plums. Plums cost $2.00 each. Create a table and a
graph to show Zoe’s total cost,
t
, when she buys 1 to 6 plums,
p
. Don’t forget to label your
axes.
Dependent variable: _________________________________________________________________
Independent variable: _______________________________________________________________
Equation: _____________________________________________
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4. Jabari pays $45 per month for his cell phone bill. Let
t
represent Jabari’s total cost, and
let
m
represent the number of months. Create a table and a graph to show how much
Jabari will pay for his cell phone for one year. Don’t forget to label your axes.
Dependent variable: _________________________________________________________________
Independent variable: _______________________________________________________________
Equation: _____________________________________________
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Dependent variable: ________________________________________
Independent variable: ____________________________________
Equation: _______________________________________
Dependent variable: ________________________________________
Independent variable: ____________________________________
Equation: _______________________________________
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Dependent variable: ________________________________________
Independent variable: ____________________________________
Equation: _______________________________________
Dependent variable: ________________________________________
Independent variable: ____________________________________
Equation: _______________________________________
total words read
(
w
)
total amount saved
(
s
)
total cost
(
t
)
total cost
(
t
)
number of weeks
(
w
)
number of minutes
(
m
)
number of plums
(
p
)
number of months
(
m
)
s
= 40
w
t
= 2
p
+ 12
w
= 160
m
t
= 45
m
KH
Independent and Dependent Variables
Writing Equations, Creating Tables & Graphs
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3.
4.
2.
w
p m
m
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1 1
1
2
2 2
2
3
3 3
3
4
4 4
4
5
5 5
5
6
6 6
7
7
8
9
10
11
12
40
14 45
160
80
16 90
320
120
18 135
480
160
20 180
640
200
22 225
800
240
24 270
280
315
360
405
450
495
540
40
w
or
s
2
p
+ 12 or
t
45
m
or
t
160
m
or
w
Total Amount
Saved
Total Cost Total Cost
Total Words
Read
Number of
Weeks
Number of
Plums
Number of
Months
Number of
Minutes
0
0 0
40
14 90
80
16 180
160
320
480
640
800
120
18 270
160
20 360
200
22 450
240
24 540
495
405
315
225
135
45
280
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1 2
2
2 4 5 7 9 1131
1 2 3 4 5
3
3 6
4
4 8
5
5 10
6
6 12
7
Number of Weeks
Number of Plums
Number of Months
Number of Minutes
Total Amount Saved
(
$
)
Total Cost
Total Cost
Total Words Read
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