Grade 8 Line Graphs Worksheet
A worksheet for 8th graders to practice interpreting and creating line graphs.
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Line Graphs: Analyzing Data
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where applicable.
The line graph below shows the average monthly temperature in degrees Celsius for a city over one year.
1. What was the approximate average temperature in July?
2. In which month did the city experience the lowest average temperature?
3. During which period did the temperature decrease the most sharply?
4. A line graph is best used to show over a period of time.
5. The axis typically represents the independent variable, such as time.
6. When the line on a graph goes downwards from left to right, it indicates a trend.
7. Which of the following data sets would be best represented by a line graph?
Favorite colors of students
Heights of students in a class
Population growth of a city over 10 years
Number of pets owned by families
8. The table below shows the number of books read by a student each month for five months.
Month
Books Read
January
4
February
6
March
5
April
8
May
7
Create a line graph to represent this data. Label your axes appropriately.