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Here is a table showing the number of houses sold by an estate agent over a six-month period. How could you represent this information as a line graph?

To draw this in a graph, you need to first draw the axes. The months go on the bottom (horizontal) axis, and the house sales go up the left-hand side on the vertical axis.

Next, we need to decide on how we divide up these axes. There are six months, so there will be six marks on the horizontal axis. The highest number of house sales was 9, so the vertical axis will go from 0 to 10.

Now we can begin to mark our points. Starting with the first row of the table, you go up the line marked January, and then when you get to the line going across marked 2, you make a small cross. You then do this for the other points. Finally, you join the points using a ruler, and add your title.

Here’s a summary. To draw a line graph, you need to draw the horizontal and vertical axes and label them. Divide these axes into suitable scales to do this, you need to look at the data and find out what the smallest and largest numbers are. Plot the points from your data using a pencil to make small crosses. Join the points using a ruler, and give your graph a title.