15.3 and 15.4 Bar Graphs

Trevor recorded the skateboards that were sold last month in a frequency table. He will display the data in a bar graph. How many bars will the graph have? (a)  

• 3 bars
• 10 bars
• 4 bars
• 8 bars

Multi-Step

Brandy graphed the data correctly. Which statement about the graph is true?

• The bar for black is twice as tall as the bar for blue.

• The bar for black is twice as tall as the bar for red.

• The bar for blue is the tallest bar.

• The bar for blue is the shortest bar.

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CCSS.3.MD.B.3

Marcy is making a bar graph of the data in the frequency table. What scale should she use?

• 2

• 25

• 5

• 1

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CCSS.HSN.Q.A.1

Leon makes a bar graph of the favorite cheese data in the frequency table. How many bars will the graph have?

• 12 bars

• 3 bars

• 4 bars

• 2 bars

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CCSS.2.MD.D.10

Felicia makes a bar graph of the favorite citrus fruit data in the frequency table. Where will the bar for tangerine end?

Mathematical Equivalence

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The teachers at Marty’s school are in a pasta-cooking contest. The bar graph shows the amounts of sauce they use in their recipes. What is the difference between the greatest and least amounts of sauce? (a)  

• 7 cups
• 2 cups
• 1 cup
• 6 cups

Analyze

Who could fill more than one 1-quart container with their sauce? Hint: 1 quart = 4 cups

• Steve

• Ana

• Earl

• Jaime

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CCSS.3.MD.B.4

How much sauce do all the teachers use in their recipes? (a)  

• 5 cups
• 7 cups
• 15 cups
• 14 cups

The bar graph shows the number of animals on a farm. The animals eat hay every day. Each horse eats 15 pounds; each cow eats 30 pounds; and each pig eats 1 pound. How much hay do all the farm animals eat in 1 day?

• 46 pounds

• 636 pounds

• 591 pounds

• 33 pounds

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The bar graph shows the number of hours each person worked at the movie theater on Friday. Al earns $8 an hour, Bob earns $10 an hour, and Elena earns $9.50 an hour. How much will the theater owner pay all three workers on Friday? (a)  

• $158
• $168
• $171
• $181