Question

Joseph counted all of the different trees in the woods near his house. He made a graph showing his results.

Which of the following conclusions can Joseph draw from his graph?
A. Cedars are the tallest trees in the woods near his house.
B. There are 95 trees in the woods near his house.
C. There are more elms than oaks in the woods near his house.
D. Maple trees are not able to grow in the woods near his house.

Answer 1

What you can do is go through each choice, and see if it fits with the data from the graph.

Look at choice A, for example. Let's start with that.
"Cedars are the tallest trees in the woods, near his house."

QUESTION: Does the graph show the heights of the trees?

Answer 2

No- I'm stuck between B and D.

Answer 3

Good point. So was I.

Here's what I think:

Maple trees aren't shown on the graph.
That means that there are no maple trees in his backyard.

But that doesn't mean that maple trees are UNABLE to grow in his backyard, you know?

Maybe if someone were to plant a maple tree in his backyard,
then a maple tree WOULD grow.

Just because there are no maple trees
doesn't mean that there could NEVER EVER be maple trees.

Answer 4

Good point!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!! :)

Answer 5

B, on the other hand, is pretty clear.

The bar graph shows us NUMBERS,
as in how many of each tree there is, in his backyard.
That's the entire purpose of the graph. Numbers.

you're welcome.