Difference between a line graph and bar graph

You are tracking the temperature of a city over 7 days. Which graph would you use and why?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

1. You want to compare the number of students in different clubs at your school. Which graph would work best?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

1. You are analyzing how sales of a product have changed monthly for a year. Which graph is suitable?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

1. You want to see how two students' test scores improved across three terms. Which graph would best show this trend?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

1. You need to compare the total rainfall in different regions of your country. Which graph would you use?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

1. You want to analyze the number of people visiting a theme park every hour over the course of a day.

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

1. Your teacher asks you to compare the different types of transportation students in your class use to get to school.

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

What type of data is best represented by a line graph?

• Comparing the number of apples and oranges sold in a store

• Tracking the temperature of a city over a week

• Showing the favourite colours of students in your class

• Counting the number of students in different clubs

What do the slopes in a line graph represent?

• Changes in data over time

• The height of bars

• The categories in a dataset

• The total number in a category

Why might a line graph be more effective than a bar graph for showing data over time?

• It is easier to draw

• It uses more colours

• It shows trends and changes more clearly

• It does not require labels