HeyMath!

Guided Worksheet

Bar Chart

Date: __________

Name: ___________________ Class: _____________

Instructions:

This self-learning worksheet accompanies the HeyMath! Lesson on Bar Chart

You can use the lesson to:

Check your answers if you have attempted a question on your own

Check which method to use if you've got stuck or need a clarification

See the complete animated explanation and full workings

Some extension questions are also given, which do not feature in the lesson.

Print the worksheet and give all answers and workings in the spaces provided.

A bar chart is a way of representing data using vertical bars.

Task 1:

Data: The amount of money a man spends in a month on different things:

Rent: $350
Water bill: $120
Gas bill: $80
Phone bill: $80
Other: $300

In this case the categories are: ___________________________________________

The frequencies are: ___________________________________________

HeyMath! 1 Bar Chart

Draw your Bar Chart here:

Fill in the blanks:

To show the data fairly all the bars must be _____ width, and they should be _____ spaced

The ______ of the bars represent frequency

Access the HeyMath! Lesson to see the worked solution.

Task 2:

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It is also important to be able to interpret a bar chart correctly and get information from it.

This bar chart shows the number of cars of particular colours in a parking lot:

Write your workings and answers in the spaces given below:

Question 1)
How many green cars are there in the car park?

Answer:

Question 2)
How many cars are there in total in the car park?

Answer:

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 Question 3)
What percentage of the cars shown in the chart is red?

Answer:

Access the HeyMath! Lesson Bar charts (example 3) to see the worked solutions.

Extension Questions:

There are approximately _____ times as many blue cars as yellow cars

The ratio of green cars to red cars is approximately ____ : 9

Out of the three most popular car colours, _____% were red

Actually there were 40 cars in the parking lot of colours other than yellow, red, blue and green.
Imagine that these are also included in the chart, as an extra bar called 'Other'.

Would the heights of the yellow, red, blue and green bars change or would they stay the same?

Would the percentages of each of the four colours change or stay the same?

Explain your answer below.

Task 3:

Open the HeyMath! Lesson and work through the Practice Questions.

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Task 4:

Look at the two bar charts on the website http://www.childinfo.org/eddb/measles/trends.htm

Write a short paragraph for each, summarizing the information that they give.

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