18.06 Pictograms and bar charts
The following graph shows the distribution of eye colour amongst students in Miss Skye’s class:
Which eye colour was most common?
How many more students had green eyes than brown eyes?
Which eye colour do 3 students have?
A group of boys were surveyed about their preferred sport and the results are shown in the following bar chart:
How many boys prefer football to other sports?
Which is the most popular sport?
How many boys took part in the survey?
The bar chart illustrates the genres of movies on Alex's favourite streaming site:
How many movies in total are there on the site?
What percentage of the movies are comedy?
The following graph shows how many laps a group of students walked on their school’s sponsored walk:
How many students participated in the walkathon?
How many students completed 21 laps or more?
Miss Yen displayed her students' favourite pets in the bar chart below:
Which type of pet is most popular?
Which type of pet is least popular?
How many students picked a Fish as their favourite pet?
How many students were surveyed in total?
Mr. Price recorded his students' favourite book genre in the column graph below:
Which book genre is most popular?
Which book genre is least popular?
How many more students prefer Detective books than Drama books?
Mr. Hopkins recorded the hair colours of the students in his class in the bar chart below:
Which hair colour is most common?
Which hair colour is least common?
How many more students have red hair than blonde hair?
Mrs Hubbard recorded her students' favourite fruits in the bar chart below:
Which fruit is most popular?
Which fruit is least popular?
How many students chose Pineapples?
What is the total number of students interviewed?
Consider the three bar charts below:
Is the tallest person the oldest?
Is the heaviest person the oldest?
Is the heaviest person the tallest?
Is the youngest person the lightest?
Is it possible for a 10-year old to be lighter than an 8-year old?
Adventure Land recorded the number of people that visited during a week of the school holidays and graphed the results:
On what day did Adventure Land have the most visitors?
How many more visitors were there on Friday than Monday?
On what day did Adventure Land have 160 visitors?
The sales of different products are shown in the following horizontal bar graph:
Which is the best-selling product?
How many units of all products were sold in total?
If product B was sold at \$50 each, find the revenue generated by product B alone.
Which of these graphs do the following statements most likely refer to:
Graph 1:
Graph 2:
We took a break between 7 pm and 8 pm.
More people came by car than by bus.
The least number of people came on foot.
The trip was 192 \text{ km} long.
There were four means of transport surveyed.
It’s "Back to school" time and a shop recorded the number of pens they sold in one week:
How many pens were sold on Wednesday?
How many more pens were sold on Saturday than on Wednesday?
A survey was conducted on how many people go to the zoo by bus every week. They recorded this data on the following pictogram:
How many people went to the zoo on Monday?
How many people went to the zoo on Thursday?
How many people went to the zoo on Friday?
How many people went to the zoo in total?
A high school did a student survey on how students travel to school. They recorded this data on the following pictogram:
How many students rode a bike to school?
What was the most common form of transport?
How many students caught the bus to school?
How many students arrived by car?
How many students are there in total in the school?
The pictogram shows the number of books a student read during each month:
How many books did the student read in September?
In which month did the student read two books?
In which month were the most amount of books read?
How many books did the student read altogether in December and October?
The pictograph shows the amount of cars a car dealer sold on each day of the week:
How many cars were sold on Monday?
On which day were 4 cars sold?
On which day were the least amount of cars sold?
On what two days were the same amount of cars sold?
How many more cars were sold on Saturday compared to Wednesday?
The pictograph shows the merit points received by six students in a class:
What was the least amount of merit points a student received?
Students who have received 5 or more merit points get to have a long lunch break at the end of the term.
Which students get to have this long lunch?
How many merit points did Victor, Eliza and Amira receive altogether?
The pictograph shows the number of visitors to a store on each day of the week:
How many visitors were there on Monday?
On which day were there 8 visitors?
On which day were there the least amount of visitors?
On which day were there the most amount of visitors?
How many more visitors were there on Sunday compared to Friday?
The pictograph shows how many glasses of water six students drank in a day:
How many glasses of water did Xan drink?
Who drank 8 glasses of water?
How many glasses of water did Conrad drink?
How many more glasses of water did John drink compared to Rebecca?
The pictograph shows the number of books a student read during each month:
How many books did the student read in December?
In which month did the student read 8 books?
In which month were the least amount of books read?
How many books did the student read altogether in November and October?
The pictograph shows the amount of hours a high school student spent this month doing homework for different subjects:
How many hours did the student spend doing Science homework?
Which subject did the student do 6 hours of homework for?
Which subject did the student do the most amount of homework for?
How many hours of homework did the student do altogether this month?
The pictograph shows the number of visitors to a theme park on each day of the week:
How many visitors were there on Sunday?
On which day were there 500 visitors?
On which day were there the least amount of visitors?
On which day were there the most amount of visitors?
How many more visitors were there on Sunday compared to Friday?
A survey was conducted asking people to choose their favourite type of pizza.
The following pictograph shows the responses:
How many people preferred BBQ Chicken?
What was the most popular type of pizza?
What was the least popular type of pizza?
How many people participated in the survey altogether?
A survey was conducted asking students what transport they used to get to school.
The following pictograph shows the responses:
What form of transport is used by exactly 18 people?
What is the difference between the amount of students who use the most common form of transport and the amount of students who use the least common form of transport?
How many people participated in the survey who don't catch the train to school?
The pictograph shows how many glasses of water six students drank in a week:
How many glasses of water did Xan drink?
Who drank 30 glasses of water?
How many glasses of water did Conrad drink?
How many more glasses of water did John drink compared to Rebecca?
Jim’s Pet Store has 7 birds, 3 rabbits, 3 dogs, and 5 cats.
Construct a bar chart using the information.
How many more birds are there than dogs?
What animal is most common at Jim's pet store?
John had 7 blue marbles, 4 black marbles, 8 yellow marbles, 13 white marbles, and 6 red marbles. Use this information to create a bar chart.
The school canteen planned to introduce some new items on their lunch menu. They surveyed the students and found:
- 8 students suggested miso soup.
- 4 students suggested sushi.
- 4 students wanted greek salad.
- 5 students wanted pumpkin soup.
- 15 students wanted spaghetti.
Construct a bar chart using the information.
How many more students want miso soup than greek salad?
Which item is most likely to be added to the menu?
The table shows the house points earned by four colour houses at their swimming carnival:
Construct a bar chart for the data.
| House | \text{Blue} | \text{Green} | \text{Yellow} | \text{Orange} |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 60 | 20 | 70 | 60 |
The table shows the number of people who visited Disneyland between 2008 and 2012:
Use the table to create a bar chart.
| \text{Year} | \text{Number of people}\\ \text{(hundred thousands)} |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 158 |
| 2009 | 155 |
| 2010 | 155 |
| 2011 | 157 |
| 2012 | 160 |
The table shows the house points earned by four different houses at their swimming carnival:
Use the table to create a bar chart.
Which house earned the most points?
Which house earned as many points as the Yellow house and Blue house combined?
| House | Points |
|---|---|
| \text{Yellow} | 15 |
| \text{Blue} | 25 |
| \text{Red} | 40 |
| \text{Green} | 60 |
A group of children are going to the shops and are deciding which shop to visit first. This table shows the shops the children like best:
How many more children like toy shops than sweet shops?
Create a bar chart to show the same data as the table.
The following table shows the number of major banks in each city:
How many major banks does Melbourne have?
Create a bar chart to show the same data as the table.
A poll was taken to find people's favourite cupcake flavours. The votes are shown in the table:
How many people voted for Chocolate?
Create a bar chart so it shows the same data as the table.