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13.03 More data displays

Lesson

Are you ready?

Do you know the different ways to display data?

A grocery store created the following pie graph of fruit sold in their store:

  1. What is the least common fruit sold?

    Apples

    A

    Blueberries

    B

    Limes

    C

    Oranges

    D
  2. What is the second most common fruit sold?

    Apples
    A

    Oranges

    B

    Grapes

    C

    Blueberries

    D

 

Learn

This video explores things to think about when you are choosing what type of graph suits the data you want to display.

 

Vocabulary

A bar graph is also called a column graph.

Apply

Question

This bar graph and pie graph show the number of times that each type of sport is played.

  1. In which display is it easier to see the sport that was played the most?

    Bar graph

    A

    Pie chart

    B
  2. In which display is it easier to see the sports that were played a similar amount of times?
    Pie chart
    A

    Bar graph

    B

 

Remember!

Different graphs are useful to display different types of data. 

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