Reading Percent Bar Graphs

The city council sent letters and emails asking for residents to respond to the type of recycling they did on a regular basis. The bar graph shows the data they received from the residents that responded to the survey.

Which statement is NOT supported by the graph?

• Twice as many people recycle plastic as glass.

• Three times as many people recycle cans as plastic.

• The ratio of people recycling paper as cans is 2:3

• The ratio of the number of people who recycle plastic as glass is 2:1.

Based on the graph, what percent of the books checked out was adventure or science fiction?

• 50%

• 62.5%

• 75%

• 80%

Answer the question pictured.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which two teachers together received the same number of votes that Ms. Lopez received?

• Mrs. Gomez and Mrs. Jones

• Mr. Lang and Mr. Lawtin

• Mrs. Jones and Mr. Lang

• Mr. Lawtin and Mrs. Gomez

The histogram above shows the total number of books read by students in the Principal's Reading Club during the school year. How many books were read from January through April.

• 85

• 80

• 95

• 87

Students in a math class were asked which hand they preferred to use for writing. The bar graph

shows the results.

Of students that had a preference, what percent chose

the left hand?

• 75%

• 25%

• 24%

• 6%

Katie is reading a 200-page book that is divided into 5 chapters. The bar graph shows the number of pages in each chapter.

What percent of the pages is in even-numbered chapters?

• 50%

• 15%

• 35%

• 70%

Band members are selling magazines to raise $150 for a field trip. The bar graph below shows the amount six band members have collected so far. Paul, Jim, and Dan are boys and Jane, Mia, and Bryn are girls. By what percent of the total money raised so far do the girls exceed the boys?

• about 10%

• about 7%

• about 20%

• about 15%

Cypress Middle School held a fundraiser for a school dance. Three teams (baseball, soccer, and

volleyball) and three clubs (ecology, science, and math) collected money. The results of the fundraiser

are shown in the bar graph below.

About what percent of the money raised was collected by clubs?

• 6%

• 47%

• 75%

• 53%

Paul randomly surveyed people in the mall and asked them what genre of movie they prefer. The results are shown in the survey below. By what percent did action movies exceed drama movies as the genre of choice?

• 1.5%

• 3%

• 21%

• 19.5%