Graphs in Practical situations

CHAPTER 14
 STARTER
TASK
Decide which metric unit you would be most likely to use to measure the following:
(a) Teacher’s (b) Thickness of (c) Distance (d) Your own (e) Weight of a
height a book from Leeds weight pencil
to London
Metres or Millimetres Kilometres Kilograms Grams
centimetres
(f) Weight of an (g) Large bottle (h) A spoonful of (i) A bottle of
elephant of sprite medicine wine
Tonnes Litres Millilitres Centilitres

EXTENSION
Complete the following conversions:

(a) 8
(b) 4.5

(c) 2.2
OBJECTIVES
 Plot the graph.

 Estimate Conversion graph

OBJECTIVE 1
 Plot a conversion Graph
This table shows how much you can earn after working a
certain number of hours.

Put this data into a conversion graph and then use your
graph to answer the questions that follow.

Hours 20 40 60 80 100
worked
Pay (£) 73.60 147.2 220.8 294.4 368
0 0 0
 Hours worked 20 40 60 80 100
Pay (£) 73.60 147.20 220.80 294.40 368
40
0
35 How much do
0 you get paid
30 for:
0 £185
25 a) 50 hours?£127
Pay (£)

0 b) 35 hours?
20
How many
0
hours do you
15 have to work to
0 earn: 55
10 76
0 c) £200
50 d) £275

0
0 20 40 60 80 100
Hours Worked
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NO. 241

units 320 540 850

Charges $ 31 42 57.5
units 320 540 850
Charges 31 42 57.5

Bill $

60

50

40

30

20

51
10

0
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
Units
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0

7
Distanc0
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0

5
0

4
0
3
0

2
0
1
0

Time
0 5 1 2 2 3
ACTIVITY 1…YOUR TURN…
 The table below shows the amount of money
made on sales of football shirts
Number 50 100 150 200 250
of sales
Revenu 2200 4400 6600 8800 11000
e
a) Use the table to draw a conversion graph
Use your graph to answer these questions:
b) How much is made from selling:
i) 90 shirts
ii) 175 shirts
c) How many shirts need to be sold to make:
i) £5000
ii) £6400
OBJECTIVE 2
 Estimate graph
 Estimat Hours 20 40 60 80
10
e Graph worked 0
40 Pay (£) 73.6 147.2 220.8 294.4 36
0 0 0 0 0 8
35 How much do
0 you get paid
30 for:
0 £185
25 a) 50 hours?£127
Pay (£)

0 b) 35 hours?
20
How many
0
hours do you
15 have to work to
0 earn: 55
10 76
0 c) £200
5 d) £275
0
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
Hours Worked
 Activity 2…. WHICH ONES ARE YOU
USING?
EXTENSION
1) Tea is sold at a school fete between 1.00 pm and 2.30 pm. The numbers of cups of tea that had
been sold were noted at half-hour intervals.

(a) Draw a graph to illustrate this information. Use a scale from 1 to 4 hours on the horizontal
time axis, and from 1 to 120 on the vertical axis for numbers of cups of tea sold.
2.15pm
(b) Use your graph to estimate when the 60th cup of tea was sold.

2) I lost my fuel bill, but while talking to my friends I found out that:

Bill, who had used 850 units, was charged £57.50

Wendy, who had used 320 units, was charged £31
Rhanni, who had used 540 units, was charged £42.

(a) Plot the given information and draw a straight-line graph. Use a scale from 0
to 900 on
£500
the horizontal units axis, and from £0 to £60 on the vertical cost axis.
 HOT
ASSESSING UNDERSTANDING QUESTION

Leon is travelling from Paris to Calais.

When he sets off he has enough fuel to drive about 100 miles.
Sometime into the journey he sees this sign.

Does he have enough fuel to get to Calais or will he have to visit a petrol
station?
Justify your answer.

No, as 100 miles is approximately 160km. He has

travelled 75km and has 125km to go which is a total of
200 kilometres
 Plenary :What have you learnt?

Draw your brain

In your brain, write or draw everything you can remember about
converting from one unit to another using a conversion graph. It can be a
skill or a reflection, or something else that might be prominent in your
brain.

Where are we What grade

in our we working
journey? at?
 How well do you understand the task?

I don’t I nearly I fully

understand understand understand
H.W. TDN
 H.W. Question 9 and 10 page no. 241
 TDN: Travel graph