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| Practice 1. The table shows the heights of the 6 tallest buildings in the world. Which graph would be more appropriate to show the data—a line graph or a bar graph? | histogram / bar graph |
| Practice 2. The table shows the test scores of some sixth-grade students. Which graph would be more appropriate to show the data—a stem- and-leaf plot or a line graph? | stem- and-leaf plot |
| Challenge the daily average temperature for five days | line graph |
| Challenge the ages of twenty world leaders | line plot |
| exploration #1 The population of a town over the course of several years | graph C |
| exploration 2. The areas of the five Great Lakes | graph A |
| exploration 3 The test scores of the students in a Spanish class | graph B |
| exploration 4. Explain how you decided which graph matches each description. | A population over time is best shown with a line graph; the data about the areas of the lakes is best shown in a bar graph, and test scores can be shown in a stem-and-leaf plot. |
| exploration 5. Explain what you would need to do to complete Graph A. | Add the names of the lakes on the vertical axis; add the areas along the horizontal axis, and give the graph a title. |
