Bar Charts worksheet
8 GCSE practice questions with answers, free to print. Every sheet is generated, so you can make a fresh one whenever you need it.
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3 marks
The bar chart shows the favourite ways to travel of some students.
(a)How many students chose Car?
(b)Calculate the difference between the most popular and the least popular.
(c)How many students were asked altogether?
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3 marks
51 people were asked to name their favourite pet. The table shows some of the results.
A bar chart is to be drawn from the table. Find the height of the Bird bar.Pet Frequency Dog 19 Cat 9 Fish 11 Bird -
4 marks
The bar chart shows how many books four friends read in a year.
(a)Find the total number of books.
(b)Find the fraction of the books in the bar for Bo.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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4 marks
A survey asked people to name their favourite pizza topping.
The bar chart shows the results for three of the four answers, but the bar for Pepper has not been drawn.
\(63\) people took part altogether.
(a)Work out the height of the bar for Pepper.
(b)Write down the most common answer.
(c)Another survey is carried out with twice as many people, and the results are in the same proportions.
Calculate how many would choose Pepper.
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3 marks
The bar chart shows the favourite colours of some people.
(a)How many people chose Green?
(b)Find the difference between the most popular and the least popular.
(c)How many people were asked altogether?
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3 marks
68 children were asked to name their favourite fruit. The table shows some of the results.
A bar chart is to be drawn from the table. Calculate the height of the Pear bar.Fruit Frequency Apple 19 Banana 20 Orange 12 Pear -
4 marks
The bar chart shows how the students in a class travel to school.
(a)Work out the total number of students.
(b)Work out the fraction of the students in the bar for Bus.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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4 marks
A survey asked people to name their favourite pizza topping.
The bar chart shows the results for three of the four answers, but the bar for Pepper has not been drawn.
\(54\) people took part altogether.
(a)Find the height of the bar for Pepper.
(b)Write down the most common answer.
(c)Another survey is carried out with twice as many people, and the results are in the same proportions.
Work out how many would choose Pepper.
Answers
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(a) \(30\)
(b) \(22\)
(c) \(88\) - \(12\)
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(a) \(40\ \text{books}\)
(b) \(\frac{1}{4}\) -
(a) \(16\ \text{people}\)
(b) Cheese
(c) \(32\ \text{people}\) -
(a) \(19\)
(b) \(14\)
(c) \(86\) - \(17\)
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(a) \(28\ \text{students}\)
(b) \(\frac{1}{4}\) -
(a) \(16\ \text{people}\)
(b) Cheese
(c) \(32\ \text{people}\)