Question

The bar graph shows the lengths of the longest rivers in the United States.a. About how long is the Mississippi River?b. Tell which rivers have the same length and approximate that length.Show your steps, or in your own words tell how you got your answer(s): (Don't forget to write the answer too!)

Answer 1

a) Looking at the bar graph, the lengths are represented in thousands of miles. Each vertical line on the graph represents 0.5 thousand miles. Looking at the bar representing mississippi, it is close to 2.5. The length of the Mississippi River iss approximately 2.35 thousand miles. Multiplying by 1000, it is 2350 miles

b) Rivers St Lawrence and Rio grand have equal bars. This means that they have equal length. The length is close to 2. It is approximately 1.9. By multiplying by 1000, the lengths are approximately 1900 miles