Picture Graphs, Bar Graphs, and Histograms
Practice
Create bar graphs - Questions
1. The table below shows the type of pets for the students in the third grade at Beatty Elementary school.
\( \begin{array}{lc}
\text{Animal} & \text{Number of students} \\
\hline \text{Dog} & 24 \\
\hline \text{Cat} & 18 \\
\hline \text{Rabbit} & 8 \\
\hline \text{Turtle} & 10 \\
\hline \text{Fish} & 12 \\
\hline
\end{array} \)
Which graph below shows the most reasonable scale for the information in the table?
Choose 1 answer:
2. Abigail loves sports! This weekend she spent time playing 5 sports.
Create a bar graph to show how much time Abigail spent playing each sport.
\(\begin{array}{lc}
\hline \text{Sport} & \text{Time} \\
\hline \text{Soccer} & \text{35 minutes} \\
\hline \text{Basketball} & \text{20 minutes} \\
\hline \text{Golf} & \text{45 minutes} \\
\hline \text{Volleyball} & \text{15 minutes} \\
\hline \text{Tennis} & \text{30 minutes} \\
\hline
\end{array}\)
3. Jack created a chart and a bar graph to show how many of each type of nut were in his can of mixed nuts.
\(\begin{array}{lc}
\hline \text{Kind of nut} & \text{Number in the can} \\
\hline \text{Pecans} & 21 \\
\hline \text{Almonds} & 24 \\
\hline \text{Cashews} & 18 \\
\hline \text{Walnuts} & 15 \\
\hline
\end{array}\)
Label each bar on the bar graph.
4. The table below shows number of runs scored by different baseball teams scored over the weekend.
\(\begin{array}{lc}
\hline \text{Baseball team} & \text{Runs score} \\
\hline \text{Braves} & 14 \\
\hline \text{Orioles} & 12 \\
\hline \text{Rockies} & 8 \\
\hline \text{Phillies} & 20 \\
\hline \text{Giants} & 10 \\
\hline
\end{array}\)
Which graph below shows the most reasonable scale for the information in the table?
Choose 1 answer:
5. The elementary school principal asked teachers to report the number of students absent in each grade during the past week.
Create a bar graph to show how many students were absent in each grade.
\(\begin{array}{lc}
\hline \text { School grade } & \text { Number of absent students } \\
\hline 1^{\text {st }} \text { grade } & 15 \\
\hline 2^{\text {nd }} \text { grade } & 25 \\
\hline 3^{\text {rd }} \text { grade } & 5 \\
\hline 4^{\text {th }} \text { grade } & 10 \\
\hline 5^{\text {th }} \text { grade } & 10
\end{array}\)
6. Carol created a chart and a bar graph to show how many of each type of vehicle were in her supermarket parking lot.
\(\begin{array}{lc}
\hline \text { Vehicle Type } & \text { Number in the parking lot } \\
\hline \text { Trucks } & 25 \\
\hline \text { Vans } & 5 \\
\hline \text { Cars } & 40 \\
\hline \text { SUVs } & 10
\end{array}\)
Label each bar on the bar graph.
7. The table below shows the number of nights Steve saw different planets with his telescope.
\(
\begin{array}{lc}
\hline \text { Planet } & \text { Number of nights } \\
\hline \text { Mars } & 14 \\
\hline \text { Mercury } & 22 \\
\hline \text { Jupiter } & 8 \\
\hline \text { Venus } & 26
\end{array}
\)
Which graph below shows the most reasonable scale for the information in the table?
