Chapter
14
Graphs in Practical
situations
Starter
– Write down as many conversions between units as you can
remember (without looking back in your skills book!)
Inches centimetres
millimetres centimetres litres centilitres
gallons litres
kilometres metres
Litre millilitre kilograms grams
Objectives
– Analyse Conversion graph
– Solve the equation from the graph.
Introduction
– Conversion graphs.
A conversion graph is used to change one unit into another.
This could be changing between miles and kilometres,
pounds to a foreign currency, or the cost of a journey based
on the number of miles travelled
Ex. 1 Litter to gallon
conversion graph
Temperature
conversion graph
Use graph to convert:
– Q7. a. 35 ◦c to Fahrenheit
b. 20 ◦c to Fahrenheit
c. 50 ◦F to Celsius
d. 90 ◦F to Celsius
II. Water freezes at 0 ◦c
What temperature is
this in Fahrenheit?
Activity 1
[Link] some quantities that needs a conversion
graph
2. why the graph goes through the origin
3. why the graph does not goes through
the origin
Objective 2
– Retrieve the data from the graph
Which ones are you
PLT Skills CONVERSION GRAPHS using?
EXAMPLES
1) 2)
154 lbs
137 litres
88
gallons
54 kg
Use the conversion graph to convert:
Use the conversion graph to convert: (a) 30 gallons to litres 137 litres
(a) 70 kg to pounds 154 pounds (b) 400 litres to gallons 88 gallons
(b) 120 pounds to kg 54 kg
Conversion Graph Q1Page no. 239
Choose your Favourite Question
Temperature
conversion graph
Q7(pg. 241) Use graph to convert:
– Q7. a. 35 ◦c to Fahrenheit
b. 20 ◦c to Fahrenheit
c. 50 ◦F to Celsius
d. 90 ◦F to Celsius
II. Water freezes at 0 ◦c
What temperature is
this in Fahrenheit?
Activity 2
– Q4 Or Q 5 Or Q6 textbook Exercise 14A Page no. 239-240
PLENARY
CONVERSION GRAPHS
This is a conversion graph between This is a conversion graph between
British pounds and Indian rupees: metres and yards:
Use the graph to select an approximate conversion Use the graph to select an approximate conversion
for £10. Select the correct answer below. for 80m. Select the correct answer below.
H.W. TDN
– H.W. complete question in notebook
– TDN: Plot conversion graph