Problems

1. Alexandra created a chart and a bar graph to show how many of each type of animal she saw at the aquarium today.

Animal	Number at the aquarim
Turtles	27
Seahorses	18
Otters	9
Eels	12

Label each bar on the bar graph.

Alexandra created a chart and a bar graph to show how many of each type of animal she saw at the aquarium today.

2. Mr. Smith assigned a special project about the ocean to the students in his Earth Science class. He asked the students how much time they spent completing their projects.

Create a bar graph to show how much time each student spent completing the ocean project.

Student	Time
James	36 minutes
Eiji	54 minutes
Minli	36 minutes
Simone	30 minutes
Kiran	12 minutes

Mr. Smith assigned a special project about the ocean to the students in his Earth Science class. He asked the students how

3. The table below shows the type of pets for the students in the third grade at Beatty Elementary school.

Animal	Number of students
Dog	24
Cat	18
Rabbit	8
Turtle	10
Fish	12

Which graph below shows the most reasonable scale for the information in the table?

(a) (a)

(b) (b)

4. Catherine created a chart and a bar graph to show how many dogs of each breed the animal shelter placed into good homes last year.

Dog breed	Number of dogs
Bulldog	32
Greyhound	72
Mastiff	56
Collie	40

Label each bar on the bar graph.

bar graph

5. The elementary school principal asked teachers to report the number of students absent in each grade during the past week.

Create a bar graph to show how many students were absent in each grade.

School grade	Number of absent students
1^st grade	15
2^nd grade	25
3^rd grade	5
4^th grade	10
5^th grade	10

Create a bar graph to show how many students were absent in each grade.

6. The table below shows the number of students in each grade at Tobler Elementary School.

Grade	Number of students
First	100
Second	150
Third	125
Fourth	75

Which graph below shows the most reasonable scale for the information in the table?

Choose 1 answer:

(a) (a)

(b) (b)

7. To prepare her grocery list, Ivy asked everyone coming to the family reunion what their favorite fruit is. She created a chart and a bar graph with the results.

Fruit	Number of votes
Banana	50
Apple	55
Kiwi	10
Grapes	35
Mango	25

Label each bar on the bar graph.

Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-third-grade-math/represent-and-interpret-data/imp-bar-graphs/e/creating_bar_charts_1
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