A bar chart shows how many of each thing there are. Each bar has a label at the bottom. The taller the bar, the more there are.
To read a bar, look at the top of it and across to the numbers on the side. To find how many more, take the smaller number away from the bigger one.
Worked example
The apples bar reaches 7 and the pears bar reaches 4. How many more children chose apples?
- Read both bars: 7 and 4.
- Find the difference: 7 − 4.
Answer:3 more children
Key words
- bar chart
- a chart with bars to show how many
- label
- the name under a bar
- most popular
- the one with the tallest bar
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Common Core-referenced: 1.MD.C.4