Bar Graphs

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Bar Graphs: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Data Handling, Graphical Representation of Data, A Pictograph of Data, A Bar Graph of Data, and A Double Bar Graph of Data.

Important Questions on Bar Graphs

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This chart was used in an article that claimed, 'High school graduation rates have increased dramatically under new government!'

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Explain how your conclusion is different than the original.

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This chart was used in an article that claimed, 'High school graduation rates have increased dramatically under new government!'

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Draw a bar graph of this data and write down a conclusion that could be drawn from your new graph.

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Read the bar graph shown below carefully and answer the following questions.

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What is the percentage of marks obtained in Maths to the total marks obtained?

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Read the bar graph shown below carefully and answer the following questions.

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What is average of the total marks?

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The histogram given depicts the marks obtained by 40 students of class 8 in English. Look at the histogram and answer the following questions.

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A student getting less than forty marks fails. How many students passed in English?

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Given below is the data of school going students (boys and girls) :

Mode of transport

School bus

Walking

bicycle

Other means

Number of boys

75

120

240

150

Number of girls

135

60

180

90

Draw a bar graph to represent the data. 

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The following bar shows the number of family members in a house in a particular society.

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How many houses have 6 family members?

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The following bar shows the number of family members in a house in a particular society.
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What is the highest number of family members that are living in a house?

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Represent the following data using a bar graph and
Answer.
Which animal has the longest life span?
Which animal has the shortest life span?

Animal Life Span
Lion 25 years
Tortoise 200 years
Elephent 60 years
Cat 15 years
Man 80 years

 

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Represent the data given below in the form
Of a bar graph

Year Number of Units Produced
1999 300
2000 450
2001 500
2002 320
2003 470
2004 550
2005 610

 

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A shopkeeper sold the following items with their respective quantities:
Watches: 20 units, Microphones: 30 units,
Television: 15 units, Mobile phones: 35 units
Represent the sale of each item in a bar graph.

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Look at the bar graph shown below.
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What information does the graph represent?

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The following table shows the life expectancy (average age to which people live) in various countries in a particular year.

Country India Japan Britain Ethiopia Cambodia
Life expectancy (in years) 65 80 75 50 45

Represent the above data by a bar graph.

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The air distances of four cities from Delhi (in km) are given below:

City Mumbai Kolkata Hyderabad Channai
Distance from Delhi (in km) 1100 1340 1220 1700

Draw a bar graph to represent the above data.

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The following table shows the favorite sports of 300 students of a school.

Sports Cricket Badminton Football Tennis Swimming
No.of Students 85 60 55 35 65

Represent the above data by a bar graph.

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The following table shows the year-wise strength of a school.

Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
No. of students 950 1125 1400 1750 1900

Represent the above data by a bar graph.

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The marks of a student in different subjects are given below:

Subject English Hindi Mathematics Science Social science
Marks 72 63 80 56 65


Draw a bar graph from the above information.

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The double bar chart shows import and export of a country between 2010 and 2015 in hundred crores of its currency. Study the graph and answer the question given below.

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In which years were the exports lower than the imports and by how much in all?

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The bar graph represents information about the number of students admitted to various courses in a college. Study the graph and answer the given question.

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How many students were admitted to course in physics?