Practice Set · Part 1
Write Equations to Represent Relationships Between Two Variables
Pick up where we left off
Where we left off
Our goal: I can write an equation from a table or a graph to model the relationship between the dependent and independent variables, explain what each part stands for, and build one for a situation I have not seen before.
The big idea: When the total is the rate times the amount, write it as an equation: dependent variable = rate × independent variable — and you can say why it is true, and where it would stop being true.
Model to copy — Watch me write Miguel's equation
- The quantities are the number of months of membership and the total cost. The total cost depends on the number of months.
- In the table, each month adds $24.95: 1 month is $24.95, 2 months are $49.90, 3 months are $74.85.
- The pattern in words: the total cost is $24.95 times the number of months.
- Define the variables — let m = number of months and c = total cost in dollars — and write the equation: c = 24.95m.
- Now ANY number of months works: for 10 months, c = 24.95 × 10 = 249.50.
Start here
You did these with your group. Now do them on your own — the model above is yours to copy.
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Same stepsFinish what the group started. Use the model above, step for step.
Try it together — then prove it: A canoe rents for $15 per hour. Which quantity is independent — hours or total cost? The hours of rental is independent; the total cost depends on it. Say the pattern in words: the total cost equals $15 times the number of hours. Let h = hours rented and c = total cost. What equation matches? c = 15h. Check it: a 3-hour rental is 15 × 3 = 45 dollars, and a 5-hour rental is 15 × 5 = 75 dollars. Now prove it: say why that move had to work at all — not just that it did.Show your work - 2
Warm restartIn the ordered pair (x, y), which value is graphed along the horizontal axis?
- Ax
- By
- CBoth of them
- DNeither one
How do you know?
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Warm restartA table pairs x = 1, 2, 3 with y = 3, 6, 9. Which ordered pair is in the table?
- A(2, 6)
- B(6, 2)
- C(2, 3)
- D(3, 2)
How do you know?
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Warm restartOn a graph of hours worked and money earned, which axis shows the independent variable?
- AThe horizontal axis
- BThe vertical axis
- CEither axis works
- DNeither axis
How do you know?
Practice Set · Part 2
Write Equations to Represent Relationships Between Two Variables
Keep going
You answered these out loud. Now write them.
Answer, then say how you know — the reason is the part that counts.
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Think it throughIn Diamond's situation, what should be the independent variable in both equations?
- Athe number of songs
- Bthe total cost
- Cthe price per song
- Dthe type of service (purchase or stream)
Why is that the answer?
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Think it throughWhy does Diamond need TWO separate equations instead of one equation for both options?
- APurchasing and streaming likely follow different cost rules (such as a per-song price vs. a flat rate), so each relationship between songs and cost is different
- BThe number of songs is different for each option
- COne equation can only have one variable
- DStreaming has no relationship between songs and cost
How do you know? Give a second reason as well.
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Think it throughOnce Diamond has both equations, how does she use them to decide which option is better?
- ASubstitute the same number of songs into both equations and compare the two total costs
- BAdd the two equations together to find one combined cost
- CPick whichever equation has the smaller numbers written in it, without solving anything
- DGraph only one equation and assume the other follows the same line
Explain your thinking. What would have to change for a different choice to be right?
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Back to the modelRecreation World charges $24.95 per month, and the table shows the cost growing by exactly $24.95 every row. Why is the equation c = 24.95m correct, but c = 24.95 + m would be wrong?
Sort it again — on paper this time
Write the letter of the group each one belongs in.
- The total for 2 months is $49.90
- The total for 3 hours is $45
- The total for 4 months is $99.80
- The total for 5 hours is $75
- The rate is $24.95 per month
- The rate is $15 per hour
- 10 months costs $249.50
- 2 hours costs $30
Practice Set · Part 3
Write Equations to Represent Relationships Between Two Variables
Words and reasoning
Word bank · Banco de palabras
Use the words
Fill each blank with a word from the bank.
- A mathematical sentence with an equals sign is an ___.
- A letter standing for a quantity that can change is a ___.
- A fixed amount of one quantity for every one unit of the other is a ___.
- To show a relationship with a table, graph, or equation is to ___ it.
Explain the thinking
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Find the mistakeAnother student made this exact mistake in this lesson. Explain why it is wrong, then write what they should have done.
The mistake: Writing the equation with addition — c = 24. 95 + m — instead of multiplication. - 10
Say moreYou sorted cards between the gym equation (c = 24.95m) and the canoe equation (c = 15h). How did you decide where '2 hours costs $30' belonged?
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Write your ownWrite your own problem about this situation, then solve it and show the answer. The situation: A flyer for Recreation World shows a monthly membership fee of $24.95. Below it is a table: 1 month, $24.95. 2 months, $49.90. 3 months, $74.85. 4 months, $99.80. 10 months, $249.50.
Show your work
Practice Set · Part 4
Write Equations to Represent Relationships Between Two Variables
Show what you know
Last check
These two come from Lesson 9.2. If they are shaky, that is the lesson to revisit — not this one.
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Show what you knowExplain your thinking — Recreation World charges $24.95 per month. Let m = number of months and c = total cost. Which equation represents the relationship?
- Ac = 24.95m
- Bc = 24.95 + m
- Cm = 24.95c
- Dc = m ÷ 24.95
Explain your choice.
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From Lesson 9.2Explain your thinking — On the football ticket graph, what does the point (3, 135) represent?
- A3 tickets cost a total of $135
- B135 tickets cost a total of $3
- C3 tickets cost $135 each
- DThe game lasts 135 minutes
How do you know?
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From Lesson 9.2A point on the graph is located at (4, x). Based on the interest rate, what value of x makes this point correct?
- A$105
- B$78.75
- C$855
- D$131.25
How do you know?
Be honest — this tells your teacher what to do next
| I can… | Not yet | Getting there | Got it |
|---|---|---|---|
| I can write an equation from a table or a graph to model the relationship between the dependent and independent variables, explain what each part stands for, and build one for a situation I have not seen before. | |||
| I can explain why it works: When the total is the rate times the amount, write it as an equation: dependent variable = rate × independent… | |||
| I can justify my answer to a skeptic and connect it to a second strategy or representation. |
One question I want to ask my group next time