Created by Meghan Qualters
12 questions
8th Grade
Math
Updated Aug 2026
Analyzing Graphs is a Grade 8 mathematics worksheet that builds students’ ability to read and interpret changing quantities on graphs. The 11 multiple-choice questions ask students to identify whether highlighted sections are increasing, decreasing, or showing no change; locate a constant section; and interpret distance-time graphs to determine elapsed travel time, total distance, greatest speed interval, stopping time, and distance traveled after a given time. The worksheet also includes one open-ended response item. This free printable worksheet gives students focused practice connecting graph features with real-world movement scenarios, including riding to school and walking to a grocery store. It can support independent practice, guided review, or a quick check of students’ graph-reading skills after instruction. A complete answer key is included so teachers can review students’ choices and identify whether errors involve reading axes, recognizing horizontal sections, comparing intervals, or extracting values at specific times.
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WorksheetsAnswer Keydecreasing
no change (stopped)
increasing
decreasing
increasing
Part C
8 minutes
0.7 miles
between minutes 2 and minute 4 of the ride
60-80 minutes
6 km
This Grade 8 mathematics worksheet develops graph interpretation through 11 multiple-choice questions and one open-ended response. Students classify highlighted sections as increasing, decreasing, or showing no change, then read distance-time graphs to identify travel duration, total distance, greatest speed interval, stopping time, and distance at a given time.
Begin by modeling how to read the direction of a highlighted graph section: upward indicates increasing values, downward indicates decreasing values, and a horizontal section indicates no change. Then use the travel scenarios in this worksheet to discuss how students can compare intervals for speed, locate a stop, and read a distance value at a specified time before assigning the multiple-choice items independently.
Watch for students confusing a horizontal section with an increasing or decreasing section, or selecting the wrong labeled part when identifying where no change occurs. In the distance-time questions, students may read the wrong axis, confuse total travel time with distance traveled, choose an interval without comparing its slope, or overlook the flat interval that represents a stop.
On Wayground, this worksheet is available as a printable PDF and as a digital quiz, and it includes a complete answer key for all graph-reading items. Printable submissions can be graded by scanning student work with the Wayground for Teachers app, while the digital quiz can be completed and reviewed online.
Use the worksheet’s Advanced Settings to adjust font spacing and font size so the graph questions and answer choices are easier to scan. You can also apply a dyslexia-friendly font or translate the worksheet into another language, depending on students’ needs.
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