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 & A Double Bar Graph of Data etc.

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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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
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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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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?

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Classify the following data as primary or secondary data.

Literacy rates of different states, obtained from government published reports.

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Classify the following data as primary or secondary data.

Election results of different political parties obtained from television.

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The frequency table shows the number of passengers in each of the 45 taxis that were inspected during a police road block. Find the value of 'x'.

Number of passengers 0 1 2 3 4
Number of taxis 5 6 12 x 9

 

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A bar graph is drawn to the scale of 1 cm=r units. The length of the bar representing a quantity 208 units is 2.6 cm. Find r.

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There is given a frequency distribution of monthly wages of 245 workers in an organisation

Monthly wages (in ) Number of workers
325-350 30
350-375 45
375-400 75
400-425 60
425-450 35
Total 245

.Draw the histogram from the above table.

 

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The marks obtained by 40 students of class VIII in an examination are given below:

18, 8, 12, 0, 8, 16, 12, 5, 23, 2, 16, 23, 2, 10, 20, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 3, 5, 13, 21, 13, 15, 20, 24, 1, 7, 21, 16, 13, 18, 23, 7, 3, 18, 17, 16

Represents the data in the form of a frequency distribution using the same class size, one such class being 15-20 (where 20 is not included).

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The marks obtained by Kunal in his annual examination are shown below:

Subjects Hindi English Mathematics Science Social studies
Marks obtained 60 75 90 70 55

Draw a bar graph to represent the above data.