Bar Graphs (BGE)

Which sport did kids like most?

• Soccer

• Softball

• Basketball

• Other

Look at the bar graph, "Nicest Fruit". What does the x-axis show?

• The number of people.

• y-axis

• Nicest Fruit

• x-axis

• Types of fruit

• title

Look at the Bar Graph "Student Grades". Which grade did the smallest number of students get?

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b

c

d

e

f

10

2

Pupil Grades

Number of Pupils

12

5

How many students' favourite colour is blue?

Rank the cookies from least to most popular.

• Oatmeal

• Ginger Snap

• Sugar

• Chocolate Chip

Which of the following pieces of equipment is essential when drawing a bar graph?

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Which cereal was most popular?

• Corn Flakes

• Cheerios

• Life

• Kix

Complete the following success criteria for bar graphs:

Use a ​ (a)   to draw lines. Each axis should have a ​ (b)   Add the ​ (c)   for your data Make sure your y axis has an even ​ (d)   Leave ​ (e)   between the bars

• pencil
• label
• grid
• ruler
• title
• units
• scale
• space

Categorise these graphs in the correct column:

Groups:

(a) Bar Graph

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(b) Line Graph

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(c) Histogram

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(d) Scatter Plot

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What label would go on the x-axis of a bar graph presenting this data?