Bar charts - reading from and drawing

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Mark / 10 %

1) A group of children were asked about their favourite colour. [1]

blue red green yellow

a) How many students like yellow? students

b) Which colour was preferred by 3 children?

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2) The bar graph shows the number of games consoles a store sold last week. Fill in the table using the
graph.
11
10
9
8
7
6
Sales 5
4
3
2
1

Thu Fri Sat Sun

-1

Day of the week Frequency

Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

[1]
3) The bar chart shows the number of computers sold in a store during the first four days of this week. [1]
11
10
9
8
7
6
Sales 5
4
3
2
1

Mon Tue Wed Thur

-1

How many computers did they sell on Thursday? computers

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4) The bar graph shows the number of tennis rackets a store sold in the last 4 days. [1]
11
10
9
8
7
6
Sales 5
4
3
2
1

Thu Fri Sat Sun

-1

How many tennis rackets did they sell altogether? tennis rackets

5) A group of people were surveyed on their favourite type of movie. Use the bar chart to answer the
questions below.
11
10
9
8
Number 7
of 6
people 5
4
3
2
1

Animation Classic Comedy Thriller

-1

a) How many students prefer Thriller movies?

b) Which type of movie was preferred by 9 students?

c) Which is the most popular type of movie?

d) How many people were surveyed?

[1]

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6) The bar graph shows the number of scooters a shop sold last week.
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
Sales 5
4
3
2
1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

-1

a) How many scooters were sold on Tuesday?

b) On which day were 5 scooters sold?

c) On which day were the most scooters sold?

d) How many scooters were sold altogether?

[1]

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7) The bar graph shows the shoe sizes of a group of children.

60
56
52
48
44
40
36
32
28
24
frequency 20
16
12
8
4
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
shoe size

a) How many children have shoe size 5?

b) Exactly 24 children have which shoe size?

c) Which is the most common shoe size?

d) How many children were surveyed altogether?

[1]

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8) The bar graph and table show the number of games consoles a store sold during a five week period. [1]

Complete the bar graph.

100
90
80 number of
week games
70
consoles
60
1 80
50
2 70
40 3 30
30 4 50
20 5 40
10

1 2 3 4 5

9) The bar graph and table show the number of tennis rackets a store sold during a five day period. [1]

Complete the bar graph and frequency table.

100
90
80 number of
day tennis
70
rackets
60
1 80
50
2 90
40 3
30 4 30
20 5
10

1 2 3 4 5

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10) The bar graph and table show the number of footballs a store sold over five weeks.

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10

1 2 3 4 5

a) 80 footballs were sold in the 4th week. Show this on the graph.

b) How many footballs were sold in the 1st week?

c) How many more footballs were sold in the 4th week than the 2nd week?

[1]

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Solutions for the assessment Bar charts - reading from and drawing

1) a) 10, b) green 2) Thursday = 9, Friday = 1, Saturday = 5, Sunday = 6

3) 1 4) 23

5) a) 4, b) Animation, c) Comedy, d) 31 6) a) 12, b) Friday, c) Wednesday, d) 57

7) a) 18, b) 4, c) 9, d) 246

100
90
80
70
60
8) 50
40
30
20
10

1 2 3 4 5

9) day 3 = 70, day 5 = 60

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10

1 2 3 4 5

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10) a)

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10

1 2 3 4 5
b) 100, c) 40

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