Max Maths, Year 5, Learn together, Reading and constructing graphs (2)

In the Max Maths Year 5 curriculum, students are learning to interpret and construct graphs, with a focus on understanding temperature changes over time. One question asks students to determine when the temperature reaches 30°C. By examining the graph, students can trace a horizontal line from the 30°C mark until it intersects with a pink dot representing the temperature at a specific time. Following the vertical line downwards from this point, they can see that the temperature is 30°C at 1 p.m. This exercise helps students practice reading data points on a graph and associating them with specific times.

Further questions delve into the temperature fluctuations during different periods of the day. For instance, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., the graph shows that the temperature remains constant at 25°C, indicating no change during this hour. In contrast, between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., the temperature rises from 28°C to 32°C, an increase of 4°C. This finding is established by subtracting the temperature at 12 p.m. from the temperature at 2 p.m. Additionally, students are asked to identify the mode of the temperatures, which in this case are 20°C and 25°C, both occurring twice in the dataset. Finally, students are encouraged to predict future temperature trends, such as anticipating that the temperature line on the graph will decline after 3 p.m. as the day transitions towards cooler evening temperatures.