Uses bars to show data.
Bar Graph
The name of a graph is called a...
Title
How many people chose sausage as their favorite pizza topping?
20

How many students ate 3 candy bars?
3
Uses small pictures or symbols to show and compare information.
Picture Graph/ Pictograph
What does 4 lines with a slash through it mean in tally marks?
5
Which color has the greatest number of people who voted for it?
Blue

Which number of candy bars has the least amount of students who ate it?
0,1,2, 4 or 7. (answers could vary) whether one says 0,1,2, 7 because they have one or it could be 4 because there aren't any.
Shows what or how much each picture or symbol stands for.
Key
How many altogether questions mean I need to ...
add
How many people voted for Life and Corn Flakes as their favorite types of cereal?
10

How many students have no books in their desk?
1
Uses marks or (x) to record each piece of data above a number line.
Line Plot
How many more questions mean that I need to ...
compare or subtract

What type of bar graph is this? Which class had the least number of sign-ups?
Horizontal. Archery

How many children participated in this survey?
20
Equally spaced numbers that help you read the number each bar stands for.
Scale
How many less questions means that I need to...
compare or subtract
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How long can whales hold their breath? Why did they choose a scale of counting by 2's?
19. Answers may vary.

If 3 more children said their pets were cats then how many children would have cats altogether?
6