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How to Read, Develop, and
Interpret GRAPHS!
Step #1: OBSERVATIONS: often are recorded
in a data table
Step #2: INTERPRET (make inferences of)
your DATA TABLE by performing an
ANALYSIS using GRAPHS
What is the relationship between the
MONTHS of the year and the temperature?
Table of Monthly Temperature:
Month
Temp
JANUARY
35
APRIL
70
JULY
85
OCTOBER
55
ANALYZE your DATA
One: Identify your problem:
Step
What is the relationship
between the MONTHS of the
year and the temperature?
Step Two: Draw your Axis
Y-axis
X-axis
Step Three: Label Your X Axis:
Y-axis
What is the relationship
between the months of the
year and the temperature?
January
April
July
October
MONTHS
X-axis
Step Three: Now Label Your Y Axis:
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
What is the relationship
between the months of the
year and the temperature?
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
October
MONTHS
X-axis
Step Four: Now Plot Your Points
What is the relationship between
the months of the year and the
temperature?
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
Ocotber
Months
X-axis
Step Four: And Draw Your Line
What is the relationship between
the Months of the year and the
temperature?
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
October
Months
X-axis
Step Four: YOU ARE DONE
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
October
Months
X-axis
Step Five: Answer the Problem:
What are the characteristics of
the Red Star?
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
October
Months
X-axis
Step Five: Answer the Problem:
The red star has an x-axis value
of “ …JUNE...”:
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
October
Months
X-axis
Step Five: Answer the Problem:
The red star has an y-axis value
of “about 77 degrees F”
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
October
Months
X-axis
Step Five: Answer the Problem:
The point represented by the red
star has an x-value and a y-value!
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
October
Months
X-axis
Step Five: The Answer Is:
The red star has an x-value of “June”
and a y-value of “77 degrees”!
Y-axis
TEMPERATURE
in degrees farenheight
80
70
60
50
40
30
January
April
July
October
Months
X-axis
What is the relationship between Rabbits and
Years for the following example: GRAPH IT
YEAR
# of RABBITS
1990
500
1992
600
1994
800
1995
900
1996
1200
1998
1800