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Bar Charts

Practise constructing and interpreting bar charts for everyday situations.

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This is level 4: composite bar charts.  Abby recorded how many bees and how many wasps she saw through her bedroom window each day during one week in July. Here is the data she collected:

Bees and Wasps
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How many wasps did Abby see on Monday?

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How many bees did Abby see on Tuesday?

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How many sightings did Abby make altogether on Wednesday?

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How many wasps did Abby see altogether during the week?

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How many bees did Abby see altogether during the week?

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How many sightings did Abby make altogether during the week?

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On which day was the maximum number of wasp sightings made?

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On which day was the minimum number of bee sightings made?

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On which day did Abby see 25% more bees than wasps?

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Description of Levels

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Level 1 - Reading simple bar charts

Level 2 - Completing simple bar charts

Level 3 - Comparative bar charts

Level 4 - Composite bar charts

Level 5 - Bar charts of grouped data

Histograms - The next step is to learn about histograms

Reading Graphs and Charts - Answer real-life problems from different types of graphs and charts including piece-wise linear graphs

More Statistics including lesson Starters, visual aids, investigations and self-marking exercises.

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