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

In a practical application of mathematics for Year 5 students, the curriculum includes a lesson on reading and constructing graphs. One of the exercises involves a case study of Jade, a student who undertakes a project to measure the growth of a plant over a period of eight months. Jade meticulously records the height of her plant at the end of each month, capturing its gradual increase from 6 centimetres in the first month to 18 centimetres by the eighth month. However, during the fifth month, Jade is away on holiday, and as a result, the plant's height for that month is not recorded.

Using the collected data, Jade constructs a line graph to visually represent the growth of her plant. The graph titled 'Growth of Jade’s plant' plots the height of the plant in centimetres on the vertical axis against the age of the plant in months on the horizontal axis. The plotted points show a steady ascent from the initial 6 centimetres, doubling to 12 centimetres by the second month, and reaching a plateau of 18 centimetres from the sixth month onwards. This visual representation helps to illustrate the growth pattern of the plant, despite the missing data for the fifth month, and serves as an educational tool for students learning to interpret and create graphs based on real-life scenarios.