- Situation: Student Council earns a profit of $5 for each Homecoming Shirt sold.
- Dependent: Profit
- Independent: Number of Shirts Sold
- Sketch: A straight line starting at the origin with a positive slope.
- Situation: Price of Hotel Stay vs. Number of Nights
- Dependent: Price of Hotel Stay
- Independent: Number of Nights
- Sketch: A straight line starting at the origin with a positive slope.
- Situation: Total price vs. lbs. of bananas
- Dependent: Total price
- Independent: lbs. of bananas
- Sketch: A straight line starting at the origin with a positive slope.
- Situation: Bob empties his swimming pool at a rate of 10 gallons per minute.
- Dependent: Gallons remaining in the pool
- Independent: Time (minutes)
- Sketch: A straight line starting on the positive y-axis and decreasing with a negative slope.
- Situation: Height of Tree vs. Age of Tree
- Dependent: Height of Tree
- Independent: Age of Tree
- Sketch: A curve that starts at the origin and increases, but flattens out as age increases (growth slows over time).
- Situation: Cost of toll vs. number of axles
- Dependent: Cost of toll
- Independent: Number of axles
- Sketch: Discrete points increasing in a step-like or roughly linear pattern, not connected by a continuous line.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of discrete vs continuous data worksheet.