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Year 10
Foundation

Checking understanding composite and bar-line charts

I can construct/interpret composite bar charts and bar-line charts.

New
New
Year 10
Foundation

Checking understanding composite and bar-line charts

I can construct/interpret composite bar charts and bar-line charts.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Certain data is suitable for a composite bar chart or bar-line chart.
  2. The shape of the graph can be estimated from the data.
  3. For larger data sets, technology can make constructing graphs quicker.

Common misconception

Pupils may read the frequency or % proportion value off of the y-axis for each group on a composite bar chart.

Remind pupils that another name for composite bar charts is a stacked bar chart and the frequency needs to be calculated.

Keywords

  • Bar chart - A bar chart (bar graph) is a graph consisting of bars visually representing the frequency of objects or groups.

If you have access to coloured mulitlink cubes, pupils can construct a composite bar chart by stacking the cubes for data they collect. You can then ask them to convert it into a comparison bar chart.
Teacher tip

Licence

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6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? Pictograms can use any icon.
True. Any icon can be used to represent a given value.
True. The icons are sized differently to represent different values.
False. Icons should never be used.
Correct answer: False. Icons should be simple and representative.
Q2.
Bar charts should have gaps when displaying __________ or __________ data.
Correct answer: discrete
continuous
Correct answer: qualitative
Q3.
Each icon is worth 6 tonnes of recycling. The pictogram shows that tonnes of plastic were recycled.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 9, nine
Q4.
A vet records the number of each type of pet that they saw in one week in their surgery. The bar chart shows their results. What percentage of the pets seen were fish?
An image in a quiz
7.0
Correct answer: 9.9
16.9
18.3
Q5.
The pictogram shows the number of apples picked in an orchard over a three week period. Which of the following statements are correct?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: The fewest apples were picked in week 2.
Correct answer: Under half of the apples picked over the 3 weeks were picked in week 1.
A total of 14 apples were picked in the three week period.
Correct answer: 10 fewer apples were picked in week 2 than week 3.
20 fewer apples were picked in week 1 than in week 3.
Q6.
Which of the following statements are correct about the data represented on this bar chart?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Box D had the least number of items.
Box D had half as many items as box B.
Correct answer: Box B had 4 more items than box D.
There were 171 items across the four boxes.

6 Questions

Q1.
Select the charts which are examples of bar or bar-line charts.
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
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Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
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Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
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Q2.
What is the most popular genre of book?
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Detective
Sci-fi
Correct answer: Romance
Correct answer: Horror
Q3.
This composite bar chart shows the ice-cream sales for two different parlours. How many vanilla flavoured (V) ice creams were sold in parlour 1?
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15
20
Correct answer: 24
36
Q4.
This composite bar chart shows the ice-cream sales for two different parlours. How many strawberry flavoured (S) ice creams were sold in parlour 2?
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16
18
22
Correct answer: 30
Q5.
This composite bar chart shows the ice-cream sales for two different parlours. What was the total number of chocolate flavoured (C) ice creams sold across both parlours?
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45
15
36
Correct answer: 33
Q6.
This composite bar chart shows the ice-cream sales for two different parlours. What is the difference in mint flavoured (M) ice cream sales between the two parlours?
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2
3
Correct answer: 4
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