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Read bar graphs
Use a completed bar chart to read values, find changes and comparisons, or calculate sums and differences in five focused questions.
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Draw bar graphs
Turn a five- or seven-category table into a bar chart. Hard practice adds an explicit conversion between the table values and axis units.
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Read the table and scale. Draw one bar for each category, beginning at the baseline and ending at the correct value.
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Read the axis or symbol key before answering. Hard drawing tasks state a conversion between table and axis units. A stack of X marks or pictures is a quantity only after applying its printed key.
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Draw consistent bars whose heights represent the table accurately.
Worked example
A table gives 60 centimetres but the axis uses metres. What height represents the value?
0.6 metres.
One metre is 100 centimetres. Convert the value before using the axis; do not treat the two unit labels as interchangeable.
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- Use equal bar widths and keep the category positions consistent.
- Easy uses five categories with matching units. Hard uses seven categories and clearly states the conversion.
- Check every bar against the table before comparing the overall pattern. The answer key fills the same labeled grid.
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