Next you need to be able to do this same activity using your graphing calculator. We'll use this data first since you've used it before.
Sandwich |
Total Fat (g) |
Total Calories |
Hamburger | 18 | 260 |
Cheeseburger | 40 |
320 |
Quarter Pounder | 56 |
420 |
Quarter Pounder with Cheese | 70 |
530 |
Big Mac | 31 | 560 |
Arch Sandwich Special | 31 | 550 |
Arch Special with Bacon | 34 | 590 |
Crispy Chicken | 25 | 500 |
Fish Fillet | 28 | 560 |
Grilled Chicken | 20 | 440 |
Grilled Chicken Light | 5 | 300 |
Think about the steps you would take to plot these points using paper and pencil. You have to take similar steps on the calculator.
- First press the Stat button. Be sure that Edit is chosen and press Enter.
- Input the data in list 1 and list 2. Put the Total Fat in L1 and Total Calories in L2.

- Press 2nd and Y = turn on Plot 1. Press Graph. Be sure that the scatterplot graph is selected and that the Xlist:L1 and the Ylist:L2. Then press Graph.
- If you do not see a graph, it is probably because the window is not set correctly for the data. Look at the data. L1 has data from 5 to 34 and L2 has data from 260 to 590. Adjust the Window and Graph.
- Input the data in list 1 and list 2. Put the Total Fat in L1 and Total Calories in L2.

Now it will appear like the applet. Here is one possible result.