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Creating Bar Graphs

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Creating Bar Graphs

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📊 Part 1: Bar Graph Knowledge

1. What are the main parts of a bar graph? Choose all that apply:

Title

Axes labels

Bars

Scale

Pie slices

2. When creating a bar graph, what should you do first?

Draw the bars

Add colours

Draw and label the axes

Count the tallies

3. What does the height of each bar represent?

The colour of the category

The frequency (how many times)

The name of the category

The total number of responses

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words:

The _____________ tells us what the graph is about. Each _____________ shows how many people chose that option. The _____________ helps us read the exact numbers.

Word bank: title, bar, scale

📈 Part 2: Reading Bar Graphs

5. Look at this tally data about favourite sports:

Rugby: |||| |||| |

Netball: |||| |||

Swimming: |||| ||||

Cricket: |||| |

How many people chose each sport?

Rugby: ______ people

Netball: ______ people

Swimming: ______ people

Cricket: ______ people

6. Based on the tally data above, which sport would have the tallest bar in a bar graph?

Rugby

Netball

Swimming

Cricket

7. Write two "I notice" statements about the favourite sports data:

🎨 Part 3: Create Your Own Bar Graph

8. Use the space below to create a bar graph using the favourite sports data from question 5. Remember to include:
  • A title
  • Labels for both axes
  • Bars that match the tally counts
  • A scale on the side
9. What does your bar graph tell us about the class's favourite sports?
10. Why are bar graphs useful for showing this type of information?

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