A Saturday Repair Day
The Brookhaven neighborhood group planned a Saturday repair day. Four projects needed help: fixing a porch ramp, repairing a fence gate, painting a bench, and building a planter box. The group had five volunteer hours. The graph shows how many hours each project would need.
The volunteers wanted to help with every project, but five hours could not cover all four. They chose the porch ramp and the planter box. The ramp took four hours, and the planter box took one hour. The fence gate and the bench had to wait for another day.
Before the work began, the volunteers talked about their plan. They knew that choosing one project could mean leaving another project unfinished. They also knew that a plan could use time wisely without doing every job. Their choice depended on the hours available and the hours each project needed.