12.02 Bar graphs
Are you ready?
Can you use a picture graph to answer questions?
The picture graph shows the amount of hours a student spent this month doing homework for different subjects.
Which subject did the student do $3$3 hours of homework for?
English
AHistory
BWhich subject did the student do the most amount of homework for?
Science
AMathematics
B
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This video shows shows how to construct a bar graph to display data.
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Question 1
Judy is looking at the cookbooks on the shelf at her grandparent's house. She counts how many there are of each type and put the results in the following table.
| Type of Cookbook | Number of Cookbooks |
|---|---|
| Baking | $4$4 |
| Italian | $2$2 |
| Quick Meals | $3$3 |
| Gourmet | $2$2 |
Judy wants to draw a bar graph of this information.
How many bars will she need to draw?
Draw the bar graph that matches the table of information.
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Question 2
Miss Brown recorded her students' favorite pets in the bar graph below.
Which type of pet is most popular?
dog
Abird
BHow many students picked a fish as their favorite pet?
- Check the scale of the graph. It may not always be $1$1.
- If there is no bar visible, it represents a value of $0$0.