Priscilla Poole-Gilreath E-Math Unit
Bar Graphs
Use the provided graph paper to create a bar graph for each of the following problems.
After you complete your graph for each problem, answer the questions for each graph.
1. Mrs. Kelly’s class listed the following for their favorite snack foods. Chips were
liked by 7 students, cookies or cake by 9 students, candy by 5 students and fruit by 4
students.
Questions:
1. Which snack was liked by the most students? _________________________
2. Which snack was liked by the least number of students? _________________
3. What is the most appropriate title for this graph? _______________________
4. What scale did you use to represent the data for this graph? _______________
2. Mrs. Morris’s Fourth Grade Reading Classes made the following choices for
their favorite type of book they liked to read. Science = 12, Humor = 21, Mystery =
18, Historical Fiction = 15, and Other = 12.
Questions:
1. What is an appropriate title for this graph? ____________________________
2. What scale did you to represent your data? ____________________________
3. Which types of books were liked by the same number of students? _________
4. Which type of book was liked by 18 students? _________________________
3. Mrs. Poole’s Fifth Grade Class recorded their favorite type of music. Four
students like Classical music, three students like Jazz, seven students like Folk, and
six students like Rock and Roll.
Questions:
1. How many students voted in all? ___________________________________
2. How many more students like Rock and Roll over classical music? ________
3. Which type of music was like the least among the students? ______________
4. What is the title of this graph? ______________________________________
4. The students in Mrs. Payne’s class were surveyed to find out the Favorite
Amusement Park Rides among boys and girls. The following data was collected.
Organize the data into a double bar graph.
Crazy Coaster: 6 boys 4 girls
Ferris Wheel : 6 boys 12 girls
Bumper Cars : 8 boys 8 girls
Questions:
1. Which ride did the most girls ride? ___________________________________
2. How many boys rode the Crazy Coaster? ______________________________
3. Which ride did the same number of boys and girls ride? __________________
Priscilla Poole-Gilreath E-Math Unit
4. How many boys rode on the Ferris Wheel? _____________________________