Interpreting Percent Graphs

The cafeteria manager took a poll of 150 students to find the most popular lunch. The circle graph below displays the data.

How many more students chose spaghetti and pizza than corn dogs, tacos, and cheeseburgers as their favorite lunch?

• 24 students

• 87 students

• 58 students

• 16 students

All of the boys attending a prom wore a tuxedo. The circle graph below shows the number of boys wearing each of the different bow tie colors. Based on the graph, approximately what percent of the boys wearing tuxedos at the prom was wearing black bow ties? (Black bow ties are indicated by the section of the circle graph that is shaded the darkest.)

• 33%

• 25%

• 200%

• 66%

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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%

How many more students chose social media apps than phone calls to communicate with friends?

• 36 students

• 12 students

• 180 students

• 300 students

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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%

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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%

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Ms. Rubin took a poll of 80 students to find out how they got to school. The results are shown in the

circle graph below.

How many more students get to school on a bus than in a car?

• 24 students

• 10 students

• 8 students

• 32 students

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%

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

How many of the 400 members that used cardio equipment did not use a stepper or a treadmill?

• 152 students

• 38 students

• 62 students

• 248 students

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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%

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C