Bar graphs
Read bar graphs with bigger numbers.
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Check the scale first: each line may stand for more than 1.
Look: Rain each month. The scale goes up in 10s. April had the most: 80 mm.
✏️ Your turn!
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1Half way between 200 and 300 on a 100s scale?
2Which month had the least rain?
3Total rain for the five months?
! Careful!
✗Thinking every line is 1.
✓Read the scale: 2s, 5s, 10s or 100s?
✗A scale that jumps unevenly.
✓Steps must be equal, starting at 0.
See the whole lesson on one page
Check the scale first: each line may stand for more than 1.
If the lines go up in 10s, a bar half way between 40 and 50 shows 45. Then compare the bars.
Think of it like thisOn a map, 1 cm might mean 10 km. On a bar graph, one line might mean 10 mm of rain.
Solved together
How much more rain fell in April than in February?
Read the bars using the scale of 10s.
April 80, February 30Take away.
80 − 30 = 50
Answer50 mm more.
Now practise it
Kanakku makes new questions on bar graphs every time. It shows the working and gives a hint when you are stuck.