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Dan also kept notes about how water was used and some
things that make a cerence inthe amount of water used from
‘ay today. Here are his notes:
Day 1:
Daya:
Days:
Day 4:
Dan’s Story
Dan starts to record the meter readings.
198" day. Mom did 5 big loads of aundry. My sster Ann washed the car. She
let the hose run too much. Dod washed the ciiveway.
Whew 105° today. We all drank a lot of water. Ann and Brittany took 2 long
showers apiece. | even had to take another shower at bedtime. The evap.
‘cooler ran alot. Dad thinks there's a leak in the hose to the cooler.
[Hooray he electricity went off and schoo! was closed. Mom 100k Us to the
[The electricity was back on. | had to water the plants in front of th
ergot andthe water run fo tng. i's sit to —
£7, forthe high temperature, Laundry day again. 3 friends and |
Sprinkler. Britany gave the dog a bath and squited us alot wth wre/heas teContinue calculating the water usage.
1. Subtract day 2 from day 3 and put the diference in the box under day 3.
2, Subtract day 3 from day 4 and put the difference in the box under day 4.
. Subtract day 4 from day 5 and put the diference in the box under day 5.
4. Subtract day 5 from day 6 and put the difference in the box under day 6.
5. Find the total amount of water soo,
Used for 5 days by adding the
gallons together. Write your
answer in the box beside the
word total.
6. Find the average daily water
use. Divide the total gallons by
the § days: 7
7. Graph the gallons of water used
on days 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 that are
recorded on the chart.
8. Draw a broken line across the 75)
chart to show the average daily so
water use. 2s
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WAS WATER | WAS WATER | WATER BEING
BEING USED? | BEING USED? WASTED ?.
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