Charts and Graphs-Grade 8

Charts and Graphs are used in business to

• communicate spreadsheet information

• clarify spreadsheet information

• advertise spreadsheet information

• manipulate spreadsheet information

True or False: Charts and Graphs emphasize adn categorize spreadsheet information into a format that can be quickly and easily analyzed.

• True

• False

Graph or Chart? Is a feature that is used to plot data

• Graph

• Chart

A Graph is:

• Cannot be used in a spreadsheet

• Includes titles, axis labels, legend, color, adds meaning

• An enhancement of data

• A pictorial representation of data

A Chart is:

• A feature used to plot data.

• Cannot be used in a spreadsheet

• An enhancement of data

• Includes titles, values, axis labels, legend, color & adds meaning to the graph

Which is an example of a chart used in business?

• Percent of each expense to total expenses

• Sales trends within different departments of a store

• Contribution of individual employee sales to the total sales for a company

• Analyze stock prices and explain the changes to stockholders

• All of the Above

Which are components of a graph?

• Y & X axis

• Data markers & data series

• Plot area & tick mark

• Gridline

• All of the Above

Yes or No: The Y-axis contains the category information in a graph.

• Yes

• No

True or False: The X-axis contains the numerical information in a graph.

• True

• False

This axis is the left vertical side of the graph.

• Y-axis

• X-axis