Procedure

  1. Find a book (200 or more pages)
  2. Fill in the data table by counting book leaves and measuring their thickness in mm. (1 leaf = 2 pages)
  3. Number of leaves

    Thickness (mm)

    0

    25

    50

    75

    100

    125

    150

    175

    200

  4. Plot the graph.

 

Questions

  1. Find the thickness of 164 leaves.
  2. Find the thickness of 225 leaves.
  3. Find the thickness of 125 pages.


Adapted from:
Marson R., Marson P. (1991) Graphing TOPS Learning Systems