Bar graphs
Read bar graphs: most, least, how many more, total.
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In a bar graph, the taller the bar, the bigger the number.
Look: Favourite games. Cricket’s bar is tallest: 14 children.
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1Which game is least liked?
2How many chose football or chess?
3How many children in all?
! Careful!
✗Guessing a bar between two lines.
✓Check the steps on the side: half way between 8 and 10 is 9.
✗Comparing by eye only.
✓Read both numbers and subtract.
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In a bar graph, the taller the bar, the bigger the number.
Read a bar by looking across from its top to the numbers on the side. Bar graphs show quickly which is most and which is least.
Think of it like thisLike stacking blocks for each team: the tallest stack wins.
Solved together
How many more children chose cricket than kabaddi?
Read the two bars.
Cricket 14Kabaddi 6Take away.
14 − 6 = 8
Answer8 more children.
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