Chapter 15 Tutorial – Line Graphs

1. The number of students enrolled for a certain course at the Missionvale Campus from
1990 to 1999 are as follows:
85 ; 75 ; 90 ; 80 ; 105 ; 70 ; 74 ; 96 ; 102 ; 63
Draw a line graph to illustrate this data.

2. Draw an Excel-generated line graph showing the trend in market share for Volkswagen and
Toyota over the period 1990 to 1999 as given in the table below. (Represent the data on
the same system of axes)
Year Volkswagen Toyota
1990 13,4 9,9
1991 11,6 9,6
1992 9,8 8,2
1993 14,4 6,8
1994 17,4 7,8
1995 19,9 9,7
1996 21,3 11,7
1997 22,2 10,2
1998 19,6 10,6
1999 20,1 10,5
3. The student enrolment at a university in South Africa is given in the table below.
Draw a line graph to represent the data.

Year 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

Students 42 48 51 49 45 43 46
(thousands)
 4. The average temperatures, in degrees Celsius, for Port Elizabeth are given in the
table below. Draw a line graph to represent the data.

Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Average 25 27 23 26 21 19 19 22 24 23 26 24
5. Draw line graphs for the following data on the same system of axes.
Monthly Car sales

Make of car

Month Toyota Opel

January 57 67

February 49 55

March 54 42

April 74 90

May 63 77

June 55 42

July 34 62

August 53 84

September 44 56

October 28 76

November 58 24

December 27 53