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Bar graph worksheet for Statistics

Statistics bar graphs compare categories, and the questions go past reading one bar: totals, differences, how many times as many, and double bar graphs that compare two groups. Read the scale, write the values down as a list, then work from the numbers.

Also taught in Pre-Algebra, at its own level and with its own examples.

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Name

Bar Graphs

Date Period

Use or make a bar graph to answer each question.

  1. Read a bar graph

    How many cans were collected on Thursday?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri
  2. How many pounds of figs did the market sell?Fruit Sold This Week0102030405060PoundsApplesPearsPlumsFigsLimes
  3. How many students picked pasta for lunch?Lunch Choices024681012StudentsPizzaTacosSaladSoupPasta
  4. How many cans were collected on Tuesday?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri

  1. Find how many more

    How many more votes did the lake get than the zoo?Class Trip Vote051015202530VotesZooParkLakeFarmMuseum
  2. How many more students chose soccer than track?Favorite Sport024681012StudentsSoccerTennisGolfTrackSwim
  3. How many more votes did the lake get than the museum?Class Trip Vote051015202530VotesZooParkLakeFarmMuseum
  4. How many more votes did the farm get than the zoo?Class Trip Vote051015202530VotesZooParkLakeFarmMuseum

  1. Find the total from a bar graph

    How many students picked a lunch in all?Lunch Choices0246810StudentsPizzaTacosSaladSoupPasta
  2. How many cans were collected that week?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri
  3. How many students were asked in all?Favorite Sport024681012StudentsSoccerTennisGolfTrackSwim

  1. Find how many times as many

    How many times as many cans were collected on Tuesday as on Friday?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri
  2. How many times as many cans were collected on Monday as on Tuesday?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri
  3. How many times as many pounds of apples as plums did the market sell?Fruit Sold This Week0102030405060PoundsApplesPearsPlumsFigsLimes

  1. Make a bar graph from a table

    Make a bar graph of the data.StudentAnaBenCalDeeEliBooks864210Books Read0246810BooksAnaBenCalDeeEli
  2. Make a bar graph of the data.DayMonTueWedThuFriCans6010403050Cans Collected0102030405060CansMonTueWedThuFri
  3. Make a bar graph of the data.LunchSoupPastaTacosSaladPizzaStudents102468Lunch Choices0246810StudentsSoupPastaTacosSaladPizza

  1. Read a double bar graph

    How many tickets did the girls sell in all?Tickets SoldTickets0510152025JanFebMarAprMayBoysGirls
  2. How many tickets did the boys sell in all?Tickets SoldTickets0246810JanFebMarAprMayBoysGirls
  3. In which month did boys outsell girls by the most?Tickets SoldTickets051015202530JanFebMarAprMayBoysGirls

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Name

Bar GraphsAnswer keyVersion 2

Date Period

Use or make a bar graph to answer each question.

  1. Read a bar graph

    How many cans were collected on Thursday?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri80
  2. How many pounds of figs did the market sell?Fruit Sold This Week0102030405060PoundsApplesPearsPlumsFigsLimes50
  3. How many students picked pasta for lunch?Lunch Choices024681012StudentsPizzaTacosSaladSoupPasta6
  4. How many cans were collected on Tuesday?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri60

  1. Find how many more

    How many more votes did the lake get than the zoo?Class Trip Vote051015202530VotesZooParkLakeFarmMuseum20
  2. How many more students chose soccer than track?Favorite Sport024681012StudentsSoccerTennisGolfTrackSwim4
  3. How many more votes did the lake get than the museum?Class Trip Vote051015202530VotesZooParkLakeFarmMuseum15
  4. How many more votes did the farm get than the zoo?Class Trip Vote051015202530VotesZooParkLakeFarmMuseum10

  1. Find the total from a bar graph

    How many students picked a lunch in all?Lunch Choices0246810StudentsPizzaTacosSaladSoupPasta30
  2. How many cans were collected that week?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri320
  3. How many students were asked in all?Favorite Sport024681012StudentsSoccerTennisGolfTrackSwim36

  1. Find how many times as many

    How many times as many cans were collected on Tuesday as on Friday?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri2
  2. How many times as many cans were collected on Monday as on Tuesday?Cans Collected020406080100120CansMonTueWedThuFri5
  3. How many times as many pounds of apples as plums did the market sell?Fruit Sold This Week0102030405060PoundsApplesPearsPlumsFigsLimes3

  1. Make a bar graph from a table

    Make a bar graph of the data.StudentAnaBenCalDeeEliBooks864210Books Read0246810BooksAnaBenCalDeeEliAna 8,  Ben 6,  Cal 4,  Dee 2,  Eli 10
  2. Make a bar graph of the data.DayMonTueWedThuFriCans6010403050Cans Collected0102030405060CansMonTueWedThuFriMon 60,  Tue 10,  Wed 40,  Thu 30,  Fri 50
  3. Make a bar graph of the data.LunchSoupPastaTacosSaladPizzaStudents102468Lunch Choices0246810StudentsSoupPastaTacosSaladPizzaSoup 10,  Pasta 2,  Tacos 4,  Salad 6,  Pizza 8

  1. Read a double bar graph

    How many tickets did the girls sell in all?Tickets SoldTickets0510152025JanFebMarAprMayBoysGirls65
  2. How many tickets did the boys sell in all?Tickets SoldTickets0246810JanFebMarAprMayBoysGirls28
  3. In which month did boys outsell girls by the most?Tickets SoldTickets051015202530JanFebMarAprMayBoysGirlsJanuary, by 5

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How to do these

Bars: Mon 11, Tue 6, Wed 20, Thu 14, Fri 9. How many in all?

  1. Write the heights down: 11, 6, 20, 14 and 9.
  2. Add them: 11 + 6 + 20 + 14 + 9.

The answer is 60.

Where students go wrong

Reading a bar against the wrong scale. Check what one gridline is worth first; when each line is 5, a bar two lines up is 10, not 2.

Also called bar graph, bar graphs, reading bar graphs, interpreting bar graphs or bar chart.

What you can put on this worksheet

Read one bar
How many students picked salad for lunch? — lunch choices: a bar graph of students for pizza, tacos, salad, soup → 1
How many more
How many more students picked pizza than salad? — lunch choices: a bar graph of students for pizza, tacos, salad, soup → 3
The total
How many students picked a lunch in all? — lunch choices: a bar graph of students for pizza, tacos, salad, soup → 13
How many times as many
How many times as many students picked pizza as picked salad? — lunch choices: a bar graph of students for pizza, tacos, salad, soup → 4
Percent of the total
What percent of the week's cans were collected on Tuesday? — cans collected: a bar graph of cans for mon, tue, wed, thu → 20%
Mean, median, range and IQR
Find the mean of the data in the graph. — rainy days: a bar graph of days for jan, feb, mar, apr, may → 3.8
Make a bar graph from a table
Make a bar graph of the data.
StudentAnaBenCalDeeBooks4513 — books read: a bar graph of books for ana, ben, cal, dee → Ana 4,  Ben 5,  Cal 1,  Dee 3
Double bar graphs
In March, how many more tickets did the girls sell? — a double bar graph of boys and girls for jan, feb, mar, apr → 10

Questions about these worksheets

Yes. Every bar graph sheet is free to print and free to download as a PDF. There is no account to make, no email to hand over and no limit on how many you take.

Yes. The answer key prints on a second page, and you can choose whether it shows each question beside its answer or just the answers in a list.

Yes. Print straight from the page, or download the PDF and print that. The sheet is laid out for paper rather than squeezed off a screen, so there is room to work under each question, and the answer key comes out on its own page.

Statistics is usually taken around 11th or 12th grade, though schools vary and plenty of students meet it earlier or later. Pick the difficulty rather than the grade: the easy level suits a first lesson on it, the hard level suits review before a test.

Yes, as many as you like. The questions are built fresh each time rather than picked from a fixed set of files, so pressing Generate gives a new sheet. That is what you want for a second class, a retake, or two students sitting next to each other.

That is the closest comparison, and Kuta Software is good software. It is also paid software you install on a computer. These worksheets run in a browser tab for free, with no account and nothing to install. Like Kuta, the bar graph questions are generated when you ask for them rather than pulled from a fixed set of files, so two classes never get the same sheet, and the answer key comes with it.

Yes. There are three levels, and you can tick more than one for a sheet that mixes them, in which case the questions come out easiest first. The harder levels are not just larger numbers: they ask for something the easy ones do not.

You pick from 8: read one bar, how many more, the total, how many times as many, percent of the total, mean, median, range and iqr, make a bar graph from a table and double bar graphs. Tick as many as you want and set how many of each, or let it spread them evenly.

Counting gridlines instead of reading the scale. Three gridlines up is 3 only when each one is worth 1.