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Misleading Graphs

Authored by Nancy Lamb

Mathematics

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 199+ times

Misleading Graphs
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Explain why this graph may be misleading?

the x-axis does not have equal intervals
San Fransisco is not a real city
you cannot have percents in a line graph
the y-axis does not have equal intervals

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The graph shows the results of a survey to determine student's favorite pets. Why is this graph misleading?

The slices are the wrong color
The slices are not the correct size
The percents do not add up to 100
Not misleading

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why is this graph misleading?

x axis intervals are different

y axis intervals are different

y axis doesn't start at 0

you can't use different colors

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This graph shows the number of children interested in different activities in a class. Why is it misleading?

uneven spacing of values in the vertical scale

the graph is not misleading

vertical scale starts at 8, instead of 0

none of the above

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This graph represents the number of different types of bird species in a zoo. Why is it misleading?

broken scale

values on the y axis scale are not uniform (the same)

uneven spacing of values on the x axis

none of the above

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Which graph is misleading?

graph 1

graph 2

graph 3

graph 2 and 3

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.B.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the error in this graph?

Title for the bar graph

width of a bar

key is not appropriate

scale is not even

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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