Math Box Homework- Graphing

Graphing- Math Homework Box (Sep.8-25)

Line Graphs:
1. Hours of T.V.
*Create a line graph showing how many hours you watch television each day of the week.
*Across the bottom of the graph, write each day of the week
*Along the side, write the hours of t.v. watched
*Draw a dot to show the amount of hours watched each day
*Connect all the dots with a line going from the left to the right
*Discuss why some days you watch less t.v. than others

2. Hours (minutes) of Video Games
*Create a line graph showing how many hours you play video games each day of the week.
*Across the bottom of the graph, write each day of the week
*Along the side, write the hours of video games played
*Draw a dot to show the amount of hours played each day
*Connect all the dots with a line going from the left to the right
*Discuss why some days you played more hours than others

3. Phone Bill
*Find the last six months’ phone bills (or other monthly bills)
*Ask your child to make a line graph to help you compare what you paid each month
*Across the bottom of the graph, write each month
*Along the side, write the dollar amounts
*Draw a dot to show the amount of money spent each month
*Connect all the dots with a line going from the left to the right
*Discuss why some months were more expensive than others

Bar Graphs:
4. Calories
*Have your child find the number of calories in each serving of 4 different foods, such as a bowl of soup, a glass of milk, a piece of bread, and a serving of rice. This information is given on most food packages.
*Have your child write down the four types of food along the bottom line of a bar graph. *The student should draw a bar above each type of food to show the number of calories in each serving.

5. Temperature
*Have your child write down the daily high temperat ¡ure for 5 days. (help your child get this information from the newspaper, t.v., radio, or internet).
*Have your student record the information on a bar graph.
*Ask your child some questions about the graph:
a. Which day had the highest temperature?
b. Which day had the lowest temperature?

Playing Cards:
6. Graph the Cards
* Count out 30 cards and Make a Frequency Table
*Use tally marks to record how many cards are hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs
For example, hearts III = 3
diamonds I= 1
*Create a graph to show your results

Internet:
7. Woodlands Math
* Go to Foothills Web Page
*Click on Math Links and then Woodlands Math Zone
*Scroll down to “Data and Probability”
*Choose “Graphs”
*Select “Reading Pie Charts”

8. Problem Solving of the Day
*From the Foothills Web Page, select Math Links
*Scroll down to “Rainforest Math”
*Put in user name: rfm7952
*Put in password: dirt 35
*Select grade 4
*On the bottom row, select DA +TA (it’s write above the tab that says “Menu”)
*There are four different types of graphs you can practice (choose one of the pictures on the left hand side)

Dice:
9. Range, Median, and Mode
* Create a data box by rolling the dice 11 times and writing down the numbers you roll (add the dice together to create larger numbers)
* Rewrite the numbers in order from greatest to least
* Find the RANGE by subtracting the largest number rolled and subtracting it by the lowest number rolled
* Find the MEDIAN by finding the number in the middle of the group
* Find the MODE by writing which number comes up the most in the data box
Example: I rolled the following numbers…..
12 11 10 10 9 8 6 5 5 5 2

Range: 12-2= 10 Median: 8 (the number in the middle) Mode: 5 (the number that occurs most)

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