Virginia Department of Education
Determining Direct Variation
Once learners realize what direct variation is, they see it's just a type of linear function. The lesson poses a general question that leads to the creation of the y = kx formula. The resource includes discussion prompts and ideas for...
Willow Tree
Direct and Inverse Variations
Enhance pupil understanding of proportions and variable relationships by studying direct and inverse variation. Use the idea of a proportional relationship to teach direct variation. Then use a similar pattern to help individuals...
Corbett Maths
Inverse Proportion
Take an indirect view of proportionality. Using a similar approach of direct variation, the resource shows how to solve inverse proportions. The video steps through finding the constant of proportionality to write the formula for the...
Virginia Department of Education
Types of Variations
Scholars determine how two quantities vary with respect to each other. They complete a fill-in-the-blank activity by stating whether the entities vary directly, inversely, or jointly, create equations that match different variations, and...
CK-12 Foundation
Joint and Combined Variation: Variable Sliders
Learners use a pair of sliders to investigate how changes in a variable affects other variables in joint variation. A set of five challenge questions tests understanding.
Curated OER
Very Varied - Inverse variation
Students identify inverse variations. In this inverse variation lesson plan, students explore graphs and identify the inverse variation. They write equations for the inverse variation. Students compare and contrast the inverse...
Curated OER
Be Direct - Oil Spills on Land
Students participate in an activity to simulate direct variation. In this oil spills on land lesson, students participate in a simulation using toilet paper and vegetable oil to explore the characteristics of direct variation. They...
Curated OER
Twenty-Two Direct, Inverse, and Joint Variation Problems
In this variation worksheet, students solve twenty-two direct, inverse, or joint variation problems. Answers to the first fifteen problems are provided.
Radford University
Exploring Types of Variation Activity
Create a variable list of problems. Groups come up with four scenarios. Each situation represents different types of variation, direct, inverse, joint, and combined. Teams then generate questions about their contextual problems for...
Curated OER
Direct, Inverse and Joint Variation
Eleventh graders identify, create and solve word problems involving inverse variation. In this algebra lesson, 11th graders solve problems using direct, inverse and joint variation. They identify problems using these methods.
Iredell - Statesville Schools
Direct and Inverse Variation Worksheet
Provide learners with a instructional activity that provides problems that focuses on direct and inverse variations, proportional relationships, graphing, and word problems. The goal is to find the outcome and decide what type of...
02 x 02 Worksheets
Inverse Variation
Discover an inverse variation pattern. A simple lesson plan design allows learners to explore a nonlinear pattern. Scholars analyze a distance, speed, and time relationship through tables and graphs. Eventually, they write an equation to...
CPM
Direct, Joint, and Inverse Variation
Here is a quick guide to direct, joint, and inverse variation used in realistic situations. Each topic has a page of notes and examples followed by practice problems. The resource explains each type of variation and provides their...
Curated OER
Exercise Set 3.3: Variation
For this variation worksheet, students solve 26 variation problems. Students determine the missing variable by using joint, direct, or inverse variation.
Bowels Physics
Direct and Inverse Relationships
Viewers learn to recognize direct and inverse relationships in the world of physics with a presentation that reveals how to recognize a direct versus an inverse relationship from a formula or graph. After showing basic examples, the...
Curated OER
Direct and Inverse Variation
In this direct and indirect variation instructional activity, students solve 4 direct variations. Students then solve 4 indirect variations.
Mathed Up!
Direct and Inverse Proportionality
Direct your young mathematicians to a resource on direct and inverse variation. A video first reviews concepts on direct and inverse proportionality. Individuals then answer a set of questions in pure and applied mathematics involving...
Radford University
I Want to Rock!
Find the best deal on music. Small groups create playlists of music and determine the cost based on different pricing structures. They determine whether the pricing structure represents a direct or inverse variation relationship by...
Curated OER
Topic 9.2 - Direct, Inverse, and Joint Variation
In this variation worksheet, students analyze 4 equations and determine whether each represents a direct, inverse, or joint variation. They then write an equation and solve it for 6 different variations.
Curated OER
Direct, Inverse, And Joint Variation
Students engage in a lesson that has them practice solving equations using multiplication and division. They practice solving problems using the properties needed and then students practice changing word problems into an equation.
Curated OER
Direct and Inverse Variation
In this direct and inverse variation worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 16 different problems. First, they solve each problem assuming that y varies directly as x. Then, students solve the next set of problems that y varies...
Curated OER
HW #25: Inverse Variation
In this variation worksheet, students solve 9 short answer problems. Students use inverse variation to find missing values given an algebra sentence or two ordered pairs.
Curated OER
Rational Expressions/Equations Test
In this Algebra II worksheet, students are given a test of twenty-three problems regarding Rational Expressions and Rational Equations. Some of the questions are multiple choice, while others are word problems or problem solving problems.
Curated OER
Direct and Inverse Variation
Eighth graders participate in two data collection activities that involve direct and inverse variation. In the pre-assessment, 8th graders categorize numerical, graphical, and verbal representations as linear or nonlinear and determine...