Picture Graphs, Bar Graphs, and Histograms

This lecture series describes other ways to represent data on a graph: pictographs and bar graphs. A histogram is a type of bar graph. Watch the videos and complete the interactive exercises.

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?