2. Which week of August had the largest rainfall for that month?
3. Which was the driest week of the summer? (Driest means with the least rainfall.)
4. Which week was the next to the driest?
5. In which weeks was the rainfall between .800 and 1.000?
6. Look down the table and estimate whether the average rainfall for one week was about .5, or about .6, or about .7, or about .8, or about .9.
Dairy Records
| Record of Star Elsie | ||
| Pounds of Milk | Butter-Fat per Pound of Milk | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. | 1742 | .0461 |
| Feb. | 1690 | .0485 |
| Mar. | 1574 | .0504 |
| Apr. | 1226 | .0490 |
| May | 1202 | .0466 |
| June | 1251 | .0481 |
Read this record of the milk given by the cow Star Elsie. The first column tells the number of pounds of milk given by Star Elsie each month. The second column tells what fraction of a pound of butter-fat each pound of milk contained.
1. Read the first line, saying, "In January this cow gave 1742 pounds of milk. There were 461 ten thousandths of a pound of butter-fat per pound of milk." Read the other lines in the same way.