Sometimes a problem asks you for information that is not directly given in the table. Read the following problem and answer the questions that follow.
Ashaki is growing a bean plant for a science fair project. She measures the height of the plant in inches each week and records the height in her data table. According to the information in the table, approximately when did the plant have a height of 2 inches?
|
Week |
Height |
| 1 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 3.5 |
For help finding the answer, watch the following video:
Based on what you learned in the video, try the following problem.
Jose is reading a newspaper article for a current events project in his social studies class. The article contains the following data table showing the change in population of a small town over the last 10 years.
| Year | Population |
| 2001 | 17,000 |
| 2003 | 16,200 |
| 2005 | 15,400 |
| ? | 15,000 |
| 2007 | 14,600 |
| 2009 | 13,800 |
| 2011 | 13,000 |
In what year was the population approximately 15,000 people?
To determine the year in which the population was approximately 15,000, we need to look between two values on the table.
Click on the table above between the two population values that are just above and just below 15,000.
