10.2

The table shows the number of newspapers sold at a street newsstand each day in a week.

Which bar graph represents this data?

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Different types of chickens lay different colored eggs. The plot below shows the numbers of eggs a farmer gathered from her hens in a week by egg color.

How many blue, pink, and green eggs were collected?

• 9

• 11

• 30

• 27

How many students spent 7 hours doing homework that week?

• 1
• 3
• 5
• 6

How many total students are represented by the histogram?

• Cannot be determined

• 9

• 31

• 35

How many students' favorite color is blue?

• 11
• 12
• 14
• 17

Which interval contained the fewest scores?

• 0-9

• 50-59

• both 0-9 and 50-59

• 10-19

What is the main difference between a bar graph and a histogram?

• A bar graph has vertical bars, while a histogram has horizontal bars.

• A bar graph is used for showing trends over time, while a histogram is used for comparing different categories.

• A bar graph represents categorical data, while a histogram represents numerical data.

• A bar graph is used in math, while a histogram is used in science.

How are the bars in a bar graph different from the bars in a histogram?

• The bars in a bar graph are taller than the bars in a histogram

• The bars in a bar graph are separated by a small gap, while the bars in a histogram are adjacent to each other.

• The bars in a bar graph are always colored, while the bars in a histogram are not

• The bars in a bar graph are wider than the bars in a histogram

In what situations would it be more appropriate to use a histogram instead of a bar graph?

• When representing the distribution of a categorical variable

• When comparing different categories

• When representing the distribution of a continuous variable

• When the data is not continuous

What is misleading about this data?

• The y-axis is labeled incorrectly.
• The age ranges are different.
• The title is incorrect