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Interpret Divided Bar Graphs

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A survey was conducted asking students from years $5$5, $6$6, $7$7 and $8$8 what eye colour they have.

The results are shown below using divided bar graphs.

Four divided bar graphs are labeled as "Year 5," "Year 6," "Year 7," and "Year 8." Each bar graph are divided into portions labeled and colored as "Brown," "Blue," "Green," and "Black," from left to right. At Year 5, the brown portion appear to have the shortest length, followed by the blue and green portions which appears to have the same length, followed by black which appears to be the longest portion. At Year 6, the green portion appear to have the shortest length, followed by the blue portion, then the brown portion, and then the black portion which appears to be the longest. At Year 7, the brown portion appear to have the shortest length, followed by the blue portion, then the black portion, and then the green portion which appears to be the longest. At Year 8, the brown portion appear to have the shortest length, followed by the black portion, and then the blue portion which appears to be the longest. There's no green portion at Year 8.
a

Which grade has the largest percentage of brown-eyed children?

Year 6

A

Year 7

B

Year 5

C

Year 8

D
b

Which grade has the largest percentage of blue-eyed children?

Year 5

A

Year 7

B

Year 8

C

Year 6

D
c

Which grade has the smallest percentage of black-eyed children?

Year 7

A

Year 5

B

Year 6

C

Year 8

D
d

Which grade has no green-eyed children?

Year 8

A

Year 5

B

Year 7

C

Year 6

D
e

Which grade has the same percentage of green-eyed children as blue-eyed children?

Year 5

A

Year 6

B

Year 8

C

Year 7

D
Easy
1min

The divided bar graph below shows the popularity of certain types of restaurants in Valentina's home town.

Easy
1min

Georgia's weekly spending is to be represented as a divided bar graph that is $16$16 cm long.

If she spends $\$880$$880 per week, how much does each centimetre of the divided bar graph represent?

Easy
< 1min

The divided bar graph shows the percentage of responders in each category when asked why they dislike their job.

Medium
2min
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Outcomes

S5-1

Plan and conduct surveys and experiments using the statistical enquiry cycle:– determining appropriate variables and measures;– considering sources of variation;– gathering and cleaning data;– using multiple displays, and re-categorising data to find patterns, variations, relationships, and trends in multivariate data sets;– comparing sample distributions visually, using measures of centre, spread, and proportion;– presenting a report of findings

S5-2

Evaluate statistical investigations or probability activities undertaken by others, including data collection methods, choice of measures, and validity of findings

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