Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Update your skills. See pages 25 and 26.

Bar Graphs

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Tallest Trees

Tree Height in Feet

White Pine 160

Black Cherry 115

White Ash 145

Red Spruce 130

Sugar Maple 135

Red Pine 115

Heidi found some information

about the tallest tree of each

species in the United States.

Heidi organized the data

she found in a vertical bar graph.

To make a vertical bar graph:


Use the data from the table

to choose an appropriate

scale. Start at 0.

Draw and label the scale on the

vertical axis. (Vertical means

“up and down.”)

Draw and label the horizontal

axis. (Horizontal means “across.”)

List the name of each item.

Draw vertical bars to represent

the data.

Title the graph.

How can you use the bar graph to find how tall the

tallest red spruce tree is in the United States?

To find how tall, look at the bar labeled Red Spruce.

The top of the bar is halfwaybetween 120 and 140.

The number that is halfwaybetween 120 and 140 is 130.

So the tallest red spruce tree in the United States

is 130 feet tall.

Tallest Trees

Tree

Height in Feet

(^0) White PineBlack CherryWhite AshRed SpruceSugar MapleRed Pine
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40
60
80
100
120
140
160
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