Reading a Graph

Determine the WHO of this graph:

• Brighton University students

• Unemployed individuals

• Brighton University graduates

• job seekers

What tense(s) should we use when writing about this graph?

• present tense

• past tense

• present and past tense

• future tense

What tense should we use when writing about this graph?

• past tense

• future tense

• past and future tense

• present tense

Determine the WHERE of this graph:

• the whole world

• North and South America

• Asia

• different parts of the world

Look at the bar graph. Can you tell what the bar graph measures?

• Kilowatts used by appliances per day

• Average Hours appliances were used per day

• Number of hours each appliance was used per day

• Hours appliance used monthly

What do the numbers in the vertical axis of this graph represent?

• Hours in a day

• Days of the week

• Types of appliances

• Amount of electricity used

Now read what’s on the horizontal axis, the line that runs along the bottom of the graph from left to right. It is labeled Appliance. Each appliance in the graph has two bars. What is measured by the blue bar?

• Amount of electricity used

• Weekday: hours of use

• Number of appliances used

• Weekend: hours of use

Tina spends the largest portion of her income on...

• rent

• food

• clothing

• bus fare

Tina spends the least amount of money every month on...

• clothing

• bus fare

• utilities

• other

The percentage of her income that Tina spends each month on “bus fare” and “other” expenses combined equals what she spends on ________.

• rent

• food

• utilities

• clothing