Interpret and Use Bar Line Graphs Questions

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5704 Interpret and use bar line graphs

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1. Here is a bar line graph that shows how many people there were in each
group going into a cinema.

Frequency
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Number in each group.

a) How many people went in on their own? ………

b) How many groups had just four people in? ………

c) How many groups had at least five people in? ………

d) Which is the modal group size? ………

e) What is the range of the frequencies? ………

f) How many groups were there altogether? ………

g) What fraction of the groups had more than three people in? ………

Now here's a question for all you geniuses


out there!

How many people went to the cinema


with four other people?

Think very carefully.

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1. Here is a bar line graph that shows the number of birds in different aviaries
in a bird sanctuary.
Frequency
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number in each aviary.

a) How many birds lived on their own? ………

b) How many aviaries had six birds in? ………

c) How many aviaries had at least three birds in? ………

d) Which is the modal group size? ………

e) What is the range of the frequencies? ………

f) How many aviaries were there altogether? ………

g) How many birds were there altogether? ………

Now here's a question for all you geniuses


out there!

Why is it wrong to join up the tops of


the bars in the line bar graph to make
a line graph?

Think very carefully about this.

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1. Carry out your own survey on pets.

Ask as many people as you can (up to 50) how many pets they have.

Record the results as tallies in the table below:

Number of pets Frequency


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Other

Now draw a line bar graph to show your results. You will have to put the
numbers on the vertical axis yourself. Do you need to go up in ones, or in twos,
or perhaps in fives?
Frequency

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Other
Number of pets.

Ask your friend some questions about your graph and table.
Look at the two previous worksheets if you need ideas.

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Here are some blank graphs that you may use for your own data.

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