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Bar Charts worksheet

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  1. 3 marks

    The bar chart shows the favourite ways to travel of some students.

    A bar chart with four bars, one for each of Walk, Bus, Car and Cycle024681012141618202224262830WalkBusCarCycleNumber of 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?

  2. 3 marks 51 people were asked to name their favourite pet. The table shows some of the results.
    PetFrequency
    Dog19
    Cat9
    Fish11
    Bird
    A bar chart is to be drawn from the table. Find the height of the Bird bar.
  3. 4 marks

    The bar chart shows how many books four friends read in a year.

    A bar chart with four labelled bars01234567891011121314AnaBoCaraDevFrequency
    (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.

  4. 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.

    A bar chart with three bars drawn and a fourth category not yet drawn012345678910111213141516171819CheeseHamMushroomFrequency

    \(63\) 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.

  5. 3 marks

    The bar chart shows the favourite colours of some people.

    A bar chart with four bars, one for each of Red, Blue, Green and Yellow0246810121416182022242628RedBlueGreenYellowNumber of 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?

  6. 3 marks 68 children were asked to name their favourite fruit. The table shows some of the results.
    FruitFrequency
    Apple19
    Banana20
    Orange12
    Pear
    A bar chart is to be drawn from the table. Calculate the height of the Pear bar.
  7. 4 marks

    The bar chart shows how the students in a class travel to school.

    A bar chart with four labelled bars012345678WalkBusCarCycleFrequency
    (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.

  8. 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.

    A bar chart with three bars drawn and a fourth category not yet drawn024681012141618CheeseHamMushroomFrequency

    \(54\) 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

  1. (a) \(30\)
    (b) \(22\)
    (c) \(88\)
  2. \(12\)
  3. (a) \(40\ \text{books}\)
    (b) \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  4. (a) \(16\ \text{people}\)
    (b) Cheese
    (c) \(32\ \text{people}\)
  5. (a) \(19\)
    (b) \(14\)
    (c) \(86\)
  6. \(17\)
  7. (a) \(28\ \text{students}\)
    (b) \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  8. (a) \(16\ \text{people}\)
    (b) Cheese
    (c) \(32\ \text{people}\)

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