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Creating Bar Graphs

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Creating Bar Graphs

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📊 Part 1: Bar Graph Components

1. What are the main parts of a bar graph? Circle ALL the correct answers:

Title (Taitara)

X-axis (Aaxis)

Y-axis (Aaxis)

Labels (Tapanga)

Bars

Units

2. Why do we use bar graphs? Circle the BEST answer:

To make pictures look pretty

To show and compare data clearly

To practise drawing rectangles

To fill up space on paper

3. Look at this data about favourite sports in our class:

Football: 8 students | Rugby: 5 students | Netball: 6 students | Swimming: 4 students

Which sport should have the TALLEST bar? ________________

Which sport should have the SHORTEST bar? ________________

✏️ Part 2: Create Your Bar Graph

4. Use the favourite sports data from question 3 to create your own bar graph in the space below:

Remember to include:

□ Title (Taitara) at the top

□ X-axis label (what you're measuring)

□ Y-axis label (number of students)

□ Numbers on the y-axis (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

□ Neat, even bars

5. Write a good title for your bar graph:
6. Explain what your bar graph shows using mathematical language:

🎯 Part 3: Extension Challenge

7. Advanced learners: If 3 more students joined our class and all chose football, how would your bar graph change?
8. Peer Talk Activity: Share your bar graph with a partner. Can they understand what it shows without you explaining? Write their feedback:
9. Home Challenge: Find one bar graph in a newspaper, magazine, or online. Draw or describe it here:

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