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How Do You Make an Approximate Graph From a Word Problem?

Make an approximate graph for the following story:
When I started school, I though Algebra wasn't that hard, and I didn't spend that much time on my homework. Then Algebra got much harder, and I found that I had to spend a lot more time on my homework to keep up. And then I signed up for Virtual Nerd, and now I spend a lot less time on my homework and I am still keeping up and doing great in class!

Summary

  1. Draw a basic plot with a left side and a bottom side
  2. Since "time" is such an important part of our story, we can use "time" as a label
  3. The amount of time we spend on homework is another important part of the story, so we can label the other side "Homework Time"
  4. The "Time" side starts on the left, and increases as it goes to the right
  5. The "Homework Time" side starts on the bottom, and increases as it goes up

Notes

    1. This will help us label each part of the plot
    1. Since "time" is such an important part of our story, we can use "time" as a label
    1. Since "time" is such an important part of our story, we can use "time" as a label
    1. There are three intervals in our problem which essentially say "first this thing happened, then this other thing happened, and now this last thing happened"
    1. Time is an important part of the story:
    2. There are three intervals in our problem which essentially say "first this thing happened, then this other thing happened, and now this last thing happened"
    1. The amount of time we spend on homework is another important part of the story, so we can label the other side "Homework Time"
    1. We can divide this plot into meaningful regions by looking at how each side of the plot increases
    1. We can divide this plot into meaningful regions by looking at how each side of the plot increases
    1. We can divide this plot into meaningful regions by looking at how each side of the plot increases
    1. The "Time" side starts on the left, and increases as it goes to the right
    1. The "Time" side starts on the left, and increases as it goes to the right
    1. The "Time" side starts on the left, and increases as it goes to the right
    1. Remember, we're looking to divide the plot into regions
    1. So the problem separates homework time into two categories for us: spending a lot of time on homework, and spending a little time on homework
    1. The "Homework Time" side increases as we go higher
    1. The "Homework Time" side increases as we go higher
    1. The "Homework Time" side increases as we go higher
    1. The "Homework Time" side increases as we go higher
    1. The "Homework Time" side increases as we go higher
    1. We can break up the story based on the timing of each event
    1. We can break up the story based on the timing of each event
    1. We can break up the story based on the timing of each event
    2. "When I started school" tells us that this event happened first
    1. We can break up the story based on the timing of each event
    2. "When I started school" tells us that this event happened first
    1. "Didn't work that much" tells us that in the first part of the story has a low "homework time"
    1. "Didn't work that much" tells us that in the first part of the story has a low "homework time"
    1. Looking back at the story the phrase "when I started school" tells us that this event happened first
    2. "Didn't work that much" tells us that in the first part of the story has a low "homework time"
    1. We can break up the story based on the timing of each event
    1. We can break up the story based on the timing of each event
    1. Remember, the "Homework Time" side increases as we go higher
    1. We can break up the story based on the timing of each event
    1. Remember, the "Time" side increases as we go to the right
    1. Remember, the "Time" side increases as we go to the right, and the "Homework Time" increases from bottom to top
    1. Remember, the "Time" side increases as we go to the right, and the "Homework Time" increases from bottom to top
    1. We've decided that the third part of the story should go down and to the right because it is the latest section on the "Time scale", and it says we spent less time doing homework
    2. Remember, the "Time" side increases as we go to the right, and the "Homework Time" increases from bottom to top
    1. Remember, the "Time" side increases as we go to the right, and the "Homework Time" increases from bottom to top
    1. Boy, signing up for Virtual Nerd was a great idea!