Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 8 - Grade 8 Accelerated

MA19.8A.8

Analyze the relationship (increasing or decreasing, linear or non-linear) between two quantities represented in a graph. [Grade 8, 17]

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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