IXL | Interpret plots and graphs

Leah and her family went on a beach vacation last summer. Leah had a blast collecting seashells that washed up on the beach. The bar graph shows how many of each kind of shell she collected.

conch

cockle

scallop

Type of shell

Number

Shells from beach vacation

Leah decided to buy 3 more shells of the type she collected the fewest of. How many of that type does she have now?

shells

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On the weekends, Bianca works at a local restaurant. The bar graph shows the breakfast foods she served on Saturday.

waffles

pancakes

veggie omelets

meat omelets

Item ordered

Number of orders

Breakfast orders on Saturday

On Sunday, meat omelets were less popular and veggie omelets were more popular. That day, Bianca served half as many meat omelets and twice as many veggie omelets as on Saturday. In all, how many omelets did she serve on Sunday?

omelets

solution

Step 1: Find how many meat omelets Bianca served on Sunday.

Bianca served 10 meat omelets on Saturday. She served half as many meat omelets on Sunday. So, divide 10 by 2.

Bianca served 5 meat omelets on Sunday.

Step 2: Find how many veggie omelets Bianca served on Sunday.

Bianca served 5 veggie omelets on Saturday. She served twice as many veggie omelets on Sunday. So, multiply 5 by 2.

Bianca served 10 veggie omelets on Sunday.

Step 3: Find how many omelets Bianca served on Sunday.

Bianca served 5 meat omelets and 10 veggie omelets on Sunday. Add.

Bianca served 15 omelets on Sunday.

Looking for more? Try these:

Lesson: Scatter plots

Lesson: Line plots

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Not feeling ready yet? These can help:

NN.1Interpret line plots with whole numbers

NN.16Interpret scatter plots

NN.8Interpret bar graphs

NN.6Interpret line graphs

Lesson: Scatter plots

Lesson: Line plots

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