Question

The mayor of a small town is trying to determine the change in population of his town over time. Which type of graph would best represent the data in the table?

Year
Population
1990
10,350
1995
10,750
2000
11,150
2005
11,500
2010
11,650

bar graph
line graph
line plot
stem and leaf plot

Answer 1

Line graph — it best shows how the population changes over time (trends). Bar graphs show categories, a line plot is for individual data points on a number line, and a stem-and-leaf is for distributions.