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Graph Assessment

SECTION 1: READING AND INTERPRETING GRAPHS

1. What is the main purpose (or reason) we use graphs?

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2. There are many types of graphs. Explain why or when we would use
the following types of graphs.

A Tally Sheet
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A Bar Graph
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A line Graph
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A Pie Graph
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 TALLY CHARTS

April
May
= 3 Ice Creams
June
July
August
September
October

3. How may ice creams were sold in July?

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4. In total, how many ice creams were sold from April – October?
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5. How many more ice creams sold in September compared to July?

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6. If in a month more than 50 ice creams are sold, the company gives
away a free cake. Which month/s did the company give away free
cakes?
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 BAR GRAPHS

I have chosen a section of the newspaper and it has 50 words in it. This graph
shows how many letters in those 50 words.

7. How many words have 3 letters in them?__________________________________

8. How many words had more than 4 letters in them? _________________________
9. How many more 5 letters words are there than 10 letter words? _____________

10. Label which is the x-axis and

the y- Axis.

11. Number the intervals

on the y-axis

12. What was the difference

in rainfall between May and
June
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 LINE GRAPHS

GRAPH OF THE LIQUID COOLING DOWN

13. How many minutes does it take
for the temperature to reach
30˚C
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14. How many minutes does it take

for
the temperature to reach 40˚C?
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15. How many minutes is the

water above 50˚C?
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Weight of a baby over twelve months

16. What was the age of the baby at 7kgs?
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17. What was the weight of the baby

at 10 months?

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18. How much more did the baby weigh

at 12 months than at 1 month?

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19. At 15 months, the baby weighed 3 times

what it weighed at 2 months. How much
did the baby weight at 15 months?

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 HEIGHT OF A BALLOON OVER TIME

20. What was the height of the balloon at 60 seconds?

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21. What was the height of the balloon at 55 seconds?

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22. How high was the balloon at 120 seconds if it was one third the height of 80 seconds?
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 DOUBLE BAR GRAPHS AND DOUBLE LINE GRAPHS

This graph compares the income of Mr Jack over 5 months in 1991 and 1992.

23. Did Mr Jack earn more in Sept 1992

or Sept 1991?
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24. How much more did he earn in

August, 1992 than in August 1991?

25. What did he earn in July and

August in total in both 1991 and
1992?
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 PIE GRAPHS

A pie chart to show children's favourite

drinks.

Cola
Orange
Lemonade
Milk

Altogether 120 children were asked what their favourite drink is.

26.How many children chose lemonade?

Percentage________________________
Number___________________________
Fraction___________________________

27.How many children preferred Cola over Milk?

Number of children ___________________________
How many times more_________________________
 DRAWING LINE GRAPHS

28. Put the following information in a single line graph. It is the number of burgers sold
between June and October.

Months June July August September October

Number of Burgers Sold 300 400 100 400 600
 BONUS QUESTIONS

29. This data is the sales of ice cream in four days. Present this data in a double (or
side by side) bar graph.

Days Vanilla Chocolate

Monday 50 50
Tuesday 60 80
Wednesday 40 60
Thursday 50 50
 30. This data shows how many goals scored by two players between the years 1996 and 2001.
Create a double line graph that shows this data.

Years 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Fred Jackson 38 40 41 38 39 42
Jack Murray 40 42 42 43 42 44