Presidents
This problem gives you the chance to:
• plot points on a graph
• read information from a graph
This graph shows the year in which some Presidents of the USA were born and the
year in which they became President.
2010
2000
X
1990
X
1980
X
Year he
became
President
1970
X
I
H
X
F
X
E
X
D
X
1960
X
J
G
C
B
1950
X
A
1940
1880
A = Truman
B = Eisenhower
1890
1900
1910
C = Kennedy
D = Johnson
1920
1930
Year of Birth
E = Nixon
F = Ford
1940
1950
G = Carter
H = Reagan
1960
1970
I = G Bush
J = Clinton
1. K = President G W Bush who was born in 1946 and became President for the first time in 2001.
L = President Obama who was born in 1961 and became President in 2008.
Plot and label points on the graph for Presidents G W Bush and Obama.
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2. Two Presidents were born in 1913. Who were they?
President __________________
President __________________
3. President Reagan was the oldest of these Presidents to take office.
How old was he when he became President?
Show how you figured it out.
__________________
4. How old was President Truman when he became President?
Show how you figured it out.
__________________
5. Which President was the youngest when he came to office?
__________________
Explain how you figured it out.
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