Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Use the bar graph on page 242.

1. Which tree is 160 feet tall? 2. Which two trees are the same
   How much taller is it than height? How tall are they?
   the shortest tree?

Use the table to complete the horizontal bar graph.

3.

Use the completed horizontal bar graph

to interpret the data.

4. Which animal has the shortest 5. Which two animals have bars
   bar? Explain w hy. of the same length? What does
   this mean?

Use the data from the pictograph on page 241

to make a bar graph. Use a scale of 100.

6. For which flavors were fewer 7. Which graph is easier to use
   than 300 cones sold? to answer exercise 6? Why?

Top Speeds

Animal Miles Per Hour

Cat 30

Cheetah 70

Elephant 25

Grizzly Bear 30

Animal

Draw bars across to represent the data.

Top Speeds

010203040506070

Miles Per Hour

Cat

Cheetah

Elephant

Grizzly Bear

Cases Sold

12 14 16 18 20 22

Cat Food

Cat

Yummies

Glad

Cat

The bar graph shows cat food sales. Cat Food Sales

8. In what way is this graph misleading?


9. How might you fix the graph so it
   is not misleading?

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