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Grade 4

Create and interpret column graphs

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Miss Yen recorded her students' favourite pets in the bar graph below.

Student's favorite petsPetsNumber of students51015HamsterDogCatFishBird

A bar graph titled "Student's favorite pets" displays the preferences of an unspecified number of students for five types of pets: dogs, hamsters, birds, cats, and fish. The vertical axis is labeled "Number of students" and has a scale that goes from 0 to 15 in increments of 5. Each category of pet has a corresponding bar that indicates the number of students who favor that pet. The bar for Hamster shows a count of 6. The bar for Dog shows a count of 7. The bar for Cat shows a count of 4. The bar for Fish shows a count of 8. The bar for Bird shows a count of 11.  
a

Which type of pet is most popular?

Fish

A

Bird

B

Hamster

C

Cat

D

Dog

E
b

Which pet is least popular?

Bird

A

Cat

B

Fish

C

Dog

D

Hamster

E
c

How many students picked a Fish as their favourite pet?

d

How many students were surveyed in total?

Easy
1min

Mr. Price recorded his students' favourite book genre in the bar graph below.

Easy
< 1min

Mr. Hopkins recorded the hair colours of the students in his class in the bar graph below.

Easy
< 1min

Mrs Hubbard recorded her students' favourite fruits in the bar graph below.

Medium
1min
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Outcomes

4.DP1.02

Collect and organize discrete primary data and display the data in charts, tables, and graphs (including stem-and-leaf plots and double bar graphs) that have appropriate titles, and scales labels that suit the range and distribution of the data, using a variety of tools

4.DP2.01

Read, interpret, and draw conclusions from primary data and from secondary data, presented in charts, tables, and graphs (including stem-and-leaf plots and double bar graphs)

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