Identifying Graphs
Vocabulary
Reading Graphs
Parts of a Graph
Reading Graphs 2
100

This kind of graph uses pictures or symbols to represent the data?

Pictograph

100

Lines used to count things instead of using numbers are called _________________.

tally marks

100

How many 4th graders played basketball this year?


30

100

The words "M&M Bar Graph" make up what part of  this graph?

the title

100

What is the most popular sport for students to play?


Netball

200


Bar Graph

200

Information that is collected and represented on a graph is called ___________________.

data

200

What symbol could be used on a picture graph about different kinds of food?

Possible answers: Plate, fork, different foods, etc.

200

What is this part of a graph called?

Key

200

How many more people own goldfish than rabbits?

2

300

This kind of graph uses bars to display the data?

Bar Graph

300

The _______ is the average in a set of data.

Mean

300

What is the difference between the number of students who have cats for pets and the number of students who have goldfish ?



4 more students own cats than own goldfish

300

The ________ introduces the data in a graph and tells you what the graph is about.

Title

300

How many more cupcakes were sold on Thursday than Tuesday?


6

400

Pictograph

400

The ______ is the number that occurs most often in a set of data.

Mode

400

How many more cupcakes were sold on Friday than on Monday?


12

400

In this graph, the bucket of sand is a __________ to represent ________   _____________.

In this graph the bucket of sand is a symbol to represent sand castles.

400

How many more students played netball than rugby?


20

500

How is a bar graph different from a picture graph?

A bar graph has colored boxes instead of pictures. A bar graph has a scale and a picture graph has a key.

500

A question asked to several people to get information about one topic is a __________________.

survey 

500

If

Then what does 

5 apples

500

What are the numbers along the side of this graph that show the intervals called?

scale

500

How many more people owned dogs than hamsters?

3