7.7. Bar Graphs http://www.ck12.org
d. No, the graph does not show the differences between the preferences of males and females.
Guided Practice
The following bar graph represents the part-time jobs held by a group of grade 10 students:
Using the above bar graph, answer the following questions:
a. What was the most popular part-time job?
b. What was the part-time job held by the least number of students?
c. Which part-time jobs employed 10 or more of the students?
d. Is it possible to create a table of values for the bar graph? If so, construct the table of values.
e. What percentage of the students worked as a delivery person?
Answer:
a. The most popular part-time job was in the fast food industry.
b. The part-time job of tutoring was the one held by the least number of students.
c. The part-time jobs that employed 10 or more students were in the fast food, delivery, lawn maintenance, and
grocery store businesses.
d. Yes, it’s possible to create a table of values for the bar graph.
TABLE7.11:
Part-Time
JobBaby Sitting Fast Food Delivery Lawn Care Grocery
StoreTutoringNumber of
Students8 14 12 10 13 5
e. The percentage of the students who worked as a delivery person was approximately 19.4%.