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Grade 8

5.02 Pictographs, bar and misleading graphs

Interactive practice questions

Here is a graph of students’ eye colors in Miss Skye’s class.

Color of eyes in classEye ColorNumber of Students51015bluegreenblackbrown

a

Which eye colour was most common?

blue

A

green

B

black

C

brown

D
b

How many more students had green eyes than brown eyes?

c

Which eye colour do $3$3 students have?

brown

A

black

B

blue

C

green

D
Easy
< 1min

The school canteen planned to introduce some new items on their lunch menu. They surveyed the students. $8$8 students suggested miso soup, $4$4 students suggested sushi, $4$4 students wanted greek salad, $5$5 students wanted pumpkin soup and $15$15 people wanted spaghetti.

Easy
1min

Jim’s Pet Store has $7$7 birds, $3$3 rabbits, $3$3 dogs, and $5$5 cats.

Easy
< 1min

A survey of the preferred sport was done for a group of boys and the results are shown in the bar graph below:

Easy
1min
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Outcomes

8.D1.3

Select from among a variety of graphs, including scatter plots, the type of graph best suited to represent various sets of data; display the data in the graphs with proper sources, titles, and labels, and appropriate scales; and justify their choice of graphs.

8.D1.6

Analyse different sets of data presented in various ways, including in scatter plots and in misleading graphs, by asking and answering questions about the data, challenging preconceived notions, and drawing conclusions, then make convincing arguments and informed decisions.

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