Charts and diagrams

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Charts and diagrams

We sometimes use charts and diagrams to:

• Read a bus timetable • Complete a table in a

catalogue to buy goods • Draw up a floor plan

Charts and diagrams

Understanding charts and diagrams will help you to use them.

Charts and diagrams

Some of us may have a road map of the Louisiana. We sometimes use them to find our way from one place to another. You will often find a mileage chart at the front of the map or in a legend located somewhere on the map.

Charts and diagrams

Slid

ell

Madiso

nville

Bato

n

Rouge

Monro

e

Shre

veport

Slidell / 30.6 90 293.8

391.7

Madisonville 30.6 / 64.8 268.6

366.5

Baton Rouge

90 64.8 / 186 235.7

Monroe 293.8

268.6

186 / 98.6

Shreveport 391.7

366.5

235.7

98.6 /What is the journey from Baton Rouge to Monroe?

Louisiana Louisiana Distance Distance Chart- all Chart- all distances are distances are in milesin miles

Charts and diagramsFind the names of the two cities along the edge of the table.

Slid

ell

Madiso

nville

Bato

n

Rouge

Monro

e

Shre

veport

Slidell / 30.6 90 293.8 391.7

Madisonville 30.6 / 64.8 268.6 366.5

Baton Rouge 90 64.8 / 186 235.7

Monroe 293.8 268.6 186 / 98.6

Shreveport 391.7 366.5 235.7 98.6 /

Charts and diagramsMake a note of which city is on top of the chart. You track DOWN the column from this one.

Slid

ell

Madiso

nville

Bato

n

Rouge

Monro

e

Shre

veport

Slidell / 30.6 90 293.8 391.7

Madisonville 30.6 / 64.8 268.6 366.5

Baton Rouge 90 64.8 / 186 235.7

Monroe 293.8 268.6 186 / 98.6

Shreveport 391.7 366.5 235.7 98.6 /

Charts and diagramsAt the same time, note where the other city is. From this, you track to the right along the row. It helps to use your fingers!

Slid

ell

Madiso

nville

Bato

n

Rouge

Monro

e

Shre

veport

Slidell / 30.6 90 293.8

391.7

Madisonville

30.6 / 64.8 268.6

366.5

Baton Rouge

90 64.8 / 186 235.7

Monroe 293.8 268.6

186 / 98.6

Shreveport 391.7 366.5

235.7

98.6 /

Charts and diagramsYou will find the correct answer where your fingers meet.

Slid

ell

Madiso

nville

Bato

n

Rouge

Monro

e

Shre

veport

Slidell / 30.6 90 293.8 391.7

Madisonville 30.6 / 64.8 268.6 366.5

Baton Rouge 90 64.8 / 186 235.7

Monroe 293.8 268.6 186 / 98.6

Shreveport 391.7 366.5 235.7 98.6 /

Charts and diagrams

The distance between Baton Rouge and Monroe is 186 miles.

NOTE: It is

importa

nt that

charts

are labeled

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ctly