The Egyptians used hieroglyphics (picture writing) to tell stories and record information. We can use symbols too to make up sentences. See if you can work out what this sentence says by interpreting the symbols.
Can you make up symbol sentences of your own?
2. Have a look at this trend graph of the number of trucks made by a manufacturer over a period of years. Make up 5 questions based on the graph.
40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Drawing Trend Graphs
1. Draw a trend graph to display this information about the rainfall over several months. Remember to mark the millimetres of rainfall for each month with a dot and then join the dots with lines to show the trend.
Month Rainfall (mm)
Nov 180
Dec 240
Jan 220
Feb 160
Answer the following questions once you have drawn your trend graph. a) In which month did the greatest amount of rain fall? b) In which month did the least amount of rain fall? c) Name the months that showed an increase in rainfall.