Apple pickers
This task is about reading information from a stem-and-leaf graph.
Sue and her brother Peter picked apples during their summer holidays. One day they kept a record of how many kilograms each of them picked per hour. Sue drew an unusual bar graph, turned on its side, with the bars placed 'back-to-back', at hourly intervals. This graph is shown below.
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In what hour did Sue pick her largest weight of apples? __________
How many kg did she pick? __________
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b) |
In what hour did Peter pick his smallest weight of apples? __________
How many kg did he pick? __________
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c) |
How many kgs more did Peter pick than Sue in the whole afternoon? __________ |
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Look at the two graphs as a whole. Now write down one thing about the 'picking patterns' of Sue and Peter that is the same, and one thing about their 'picking patterns' that differ. |
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Same:
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Different: |