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Y5 WC 15 June Lesson 2 Read and Interpret Line Graphs 208336493

The graph shows the population of a town from 1950 to 2000: - The population in 1980 was 8,000 - The population in 2000 was 10,000 - It is not possible to determine the exact population in 1991 from the graph.

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Y5 WC 15 June Lesson 2 Read and Interpret Line Graphs 208336493

The graph shows the population of a town from 1950 to 2000: - The population in 1980 was 8,000 - The population in 2000 was 10,000 - It is not possible to determine the exact population in 1991 from the graph.

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2 The graph shows the population of a town at the end of each

Read and interpret line graphs


decade from 1950 to 2000

12,000
1 The graph shows the height of a sunflower on the
first day of each week for 6 weeks.
10,000
90
8,000
80

population
70 6,000

60
4,000
height (cm)

50
2,000
40
0
30
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
20 year
10
a) What was the population at the end of 1980?
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
week
b) What was the population at the end of 2000?
a) What is the height of the sunflower at the
start of week 3?
c) Can you accurately tell the population in 1991? Why?
b) What is the height of the sunflower at the
start of week 2? 

c) Eva thinks the height of the sunflower at the start of week 4 is


75 cm. Explain why Eva is wrong.

d) Which decade had the least population increase?

e) Predict the population at the end of 2020


Compare answers with a partner.
d) By how much does the sunflower grow from the
start of week 3 to the start of week 6?
© White Rose Maths 2019
3 This graph shows the average rainfall in London and Manchester to 4 Energy is measured in kWh (kilowatt hours).
the nearest 5 mm.
This graph shows the amount of energy being used at different
times of the year in one household.
100
Manchester
90 3,000

amount of energy used (kWh)


80
2,500
70
rainfall (mm)

60 2,000
50
London 1,500
40
30 1,000

20 500
10
0
0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

months of the year


months of the year

Describe three things that you know from looking at the graph.
a) How many millimetres of rain falls in London in May?

b) Which months are the driest in Manchester?

c) Which is the wettest month in London?


Describe three things that you could find out from the graph.
d) In January, how much more rainfall is there in
Manchester than London?

e) How many months does it rain more than 50 mm in


London and Manchester?

f) How much more rainfall is there in Manchester


than London in December?

© White Rose Maths 2019

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