Create and Interpret Bar and Pareto Charts
Interactive practice questions
The Pareto chart shows the total medal tally of each country at the Winter Olympics.
What does the height of each column represent?
The total number of medals won by each country, starting with the country with the lowest medal count (from left to right).
The percentage of total medals won by each country.
The cumulative percentage of medals won, starting with the country with the highest medal count.
The cumulative percentage of medals won, starting with the country with the lowest medal count.
The total number of medals won by each country, starting with the country with the highest medal count (from left to right).
What does the line graph represent?
The cumulative percentage of medals won, starting with the country with the highest medal count.
The cumulative percentage of medals won, starting with the country with the lowest medal count.
The percentage of total medals won by each country.
The total number of medals won by each country, starting with the country with the lowest medal count (from left to right).
The total number of medals won by each country, starting with the country with the highest medal count (from left to right).
What do you notice about the line graph in the chart? Choose all the correct answer(s).
It never increases in steepness.
It never decreases in steepness.
It always ends at $100%$100%.
A marine scientist spent the day fishing to collect data on the range of species in an enclosed dam. She recorded the number of each fish species that were caught, and constructed a Pareto chart. For the following questions, you can assume that the bars are in line with the gridlines, or exactly halfway between gridlines.
At Pareto's Burritos, the owners regularly ask their customers if and why they are not happy with their burritos.
They created a chart for last month's feedback.
Bill caught the train and noted what activity each person in his carriage (excluding himself) was doing between the next two stops. The Pareto chart shows the results.