Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 8

MA19.8.17

Analyze the relationship (increasing or decreasing, linear or non-linear) between two quantities represented in a graph.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Characteristics of representations for functions in graphic form.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use mathematical vocabulary and understanding of functions to describe relationships between two quantities.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • functions can be represented in a variety of ways, each of which provides unique perspectives of the relationship between the variables.
  • Graphs of functions are useful to compare characteristics of different relationships.

Vocabulary

  • Increasing
  • Decreasing
  • Linear
  • Non-linear
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