Interpreting visual figures

Match

Match the following

Pie chart

Line chart

Bar chart

• Pie chart

• Line chart

• Bar chart

Match

Match the following

• Half of the students do not want to extend the deadline.

• There is a significant increase in the amount of air pollution all over the world.

• The prices fluctuate because of economic reasons.

• The graph illustrates the percentage of male and female academic staff

• A quarter of my e-mails are spam.

½ or 50%

considerable, important

vary

show

¼ or 25%

• ½ or 50%

• considerable, important

• vary

• show

• ¼ or 25%

Categorize

Options (9)

grow

upward

rise

shrink

fall

downward

gradually

suddenly

steadily

Organize these options into the right categories

verbs that mean 'to increase'

verbs that mean 'to decrease'

adverbs that describe change

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: 25 ____________ of car owners are not able to pay their car loans.

• percent

• percentage

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The chart illustrates the ____________ of family income.

• percent

• percentage

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The _________ of workers increased from 60 to 80 last year.

• number

• amount

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The officer told me the __________ of money I owe them.

• number

• amount

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: There is an increase ___ the amount of water we use.

• in

• for

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The number of car owners rose __________, especially in 1980.

• significant

• significantly

Open Ended

What percentage of people moved to Ontario in 2013?

Open Ended

Which two categories do we see the most significant difference? 

Open Ended

What is the percentage of searches for remote work on February 1st?    

Open Ended

What is the percentage of searches for remote work on March 22nd?

Labelling

Fill in the line graph using the information from the description.

The graph gives information about Burnaby Public Library between 2011 and 2014. It shows how many library books people read over this four-year period. The number of books which men read increased between 2011 and 2012, from about 3000 to 4000. After that, the number rose dramatically to 14000 books in 2014. This was the highest figure in the period. Women started off reading more books than men, but their numbers followed a different pattern. Overall, there was an increasing trend in the number of books read by men. Although women read more books than men in 2011, their reading fell to below the level of men in 2014.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

men

people

children

years

2011

2010

time spent reading

woman

# of books read

2012

Drag and Drop

The line graph illustrates the percentage of the population who owned a smartphone from 2011 to 2016, and the second one, the bar chart, shows the ​

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by age for 2011 and 2016. Overall, smartphone ownership ​

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during the six-year period. In general, ​

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people used cell phones more in both years.

The percentage of people who owned a smartphone rose from around 35% in ​

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to about 77% by 2016. People aged 16 to 24 represented the

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percentage of smartphone ownership in both years. However, the percentage of smartphone owners who were 75 or older was lower than 20% in both 2011 and 2016.​

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

percentages

percents

increased

decreased

younger

older

2011

2016

greatest

smallest

Open Ended

What percentage of plastic waste came from packaging in 2021? 

Open Ended

What percentage of plastic waste came from vehicles in 2021? 

Drag and Drop

The pie chart shows why some people in the UK ​

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. The ​

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percentage of people prefer cycling because they think that riding a bicycle to work is healthier than driving. Similarly, ​

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of the people say that they cycle to work because it causes less pollution. 13% of people cycle to work because it is ​

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. Surprisingly, in general, ​

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of the people in the UK who cycle towork do this for health and environmental reasons.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

cycle to work

​drive fast

highest

lowest

30%

15%

cheaper than driving

faster than driving

most

a few