http://www.ck12.org Chapter 7. Organizing and Displaying Data
a) How far is it from home to the picnic park?
b) How far is it from the picnic park to the campground?
c) At what 2 places did the car stop?
d) How long was the car stopped at the campground?
e) When does the car arrive at the picnic park?
f) How long did it take for the return trip?
g) What was the speed of the car from home to the picnic park?
h) What was the speed of the car from the campground to home?
Answers:
a) It is 40 miles from home to the picnic park.
b) It is 60 miles from the picnic park to the campground.
c) The car stopped at the picnic park and at the campground.
d) The car was stopped at the campground for 15 minutes.
e) The car arrived at the picnic park at 11:00 am.
f) The return trip took 1 hour.
g) The speed of the car from home to the picnic park was 40 mi/h.
h) The speed of the car from the campground to home was 100 mi/h.
Guided Practice
For the following broken-line graph, write a story to accompany the graph, and provide a detailed description of the
events that are occurring.