Graphing Practice
Directions: You and your partner will use the graphs on this website to answer the following questions. Please write the answers to these questions on a separate sheet of paper that will be turned in to your teacher.
Problem Set 1: Favorite Sports Teams
1. Which sports team has the most fans?
2. Which sports team has the fewest fans?
3. What is the average # of fans for all sports teams combined?
4. Due to the fact that this survey was taken at Schaumburg High School, which information is the most surprising and why?
Problem Set 2: Off Campus Lunch
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Please note: The name King Taco has since been changed to Queen Burrito under instructions of California/Federal courts. This in no way changes the data in the graph above or the fact that Queen Burrito has the best burritos in Schaumburg. The data reporting agency regrets this misprint and begs your forgiveness.
5. Why would Subway have twice as many students visiting for lunch as King Taco?
6. What percentage of students visit a restaurant with actual waiters/waitresses?
7. Why do you think more than 1/4 of the students eating lunch off campus choose to eat at a convenience store?
8. If there are 680 students at SHS that have off campus privileges, how many students visit each of the lunch stops?
9. How does the percentage of students visiting Panera compare to that of teachers?
10. Which restaurants do teachers eat at that students do not?
11. Why do you think teachers eat at different restaurants than students do?
12.If there are 145 teachers that eat off campus how many teachers eat at each of these restaurants?
Problem Set 3: Weekly Activities vs. GPA
13. Which activity has the most adverse influence on a student's GPA?
14. According to the graphs, how many hours a week should one devote to sports in order to have the best grades?
15. Which activity does little to change someone's GPA?
16. What can we conclude about the effects TV watching and studying have on someone's GPA?
17. Knowing what we do about IM'ing and studying, what could some students suggest to their parents as a way to improve their GPA's while still remaining social?
18. After reviewing these charts what changes do you think the board of education would require of the athletic department to ensure the student athletes in this building were capable of keeping up with their studies?