Which of the following is the dependent variable?
A.
both hours and number of packages
B.
number of packages
C.
hours
D.
neither hours nor number of packages
B. number of packages
The graph below shows raffle ticket sales and the money earned from the sales.
Which of the following is the independent variable?
A.
neither tickets sold nor money earned
B.
tickets sold
C.
both tickets sold and money earned
D.
money earned
B. tickets sold
The graph below shows a quarterback's average number of points scored during games this season.
Which of the following is the dependent variable?
A.
neither points scored nor number of games
B.
points scored
C.
both points scored and number of games
D.
number of games
A. neither points scored nor number of games
It takes Alisa ten minutes to fill a dozen water balloons. She wants to calculate how long it will take her to fill all the water balloons if each friend at her party gets a dozen balloons. What variable is needed to calculate the time it will take to fill all the balloons?
A.
d, the amount of time it takes Alisa to fill a dozen balloons
B.
b, the number of bags of water balloons Alisa bought
C.
f, the number of friends attending Alisa's party
D.
s, the number of students in Alisa's math class