Reading Bar Graphs
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Objective
I can describe a bar graph and answer questions about the data.
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Warm-up video
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Practice
12 questions
What type of data is best represented using a bar graph? Give an example of something that would NOT be good to show on a bar graph.
Name and describe the purpose of at least four parts of a bar graph (e.g., title, axes, labels, bars, legend).
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Exit ticket
Quick comprehension check
“A bar graph shows the number of students who like different sports. The bar for "Soccer" goes up to 15. What does this tell you about the number of students who like soccer? A bar graph shows the number of rainy days in April, May, and June. The bar for April is the tallest, and the bar for June is the shortest. Which month had the most rainy days? Which month had the least? A bar graph shows the number of books read by students in a class. The title is "Books Read in January." The x-axis shows student names, and the y-axis shows the number of books. Write one sentence that describes what this bar graph is about.”
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