Grade 3
Making Bar Graphs Worksheets
Turning counts into a bar graph: choosing the scale and drawing the bars.
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- 1.You are drawing a bar chart. You choose: 1 grid square = 10 children.
dogs: 20 children How many grid squares tall do you draw the "dogs" bar? ___ - 2.You counted 70 children (football) and the bar should be exactly 7 grid squares tall. How many children must one grid square stand for? ___
- 3.You are drawing a bar chart with 1 grid square = 10 children.
apples: 20 children pears: 40 children How many grid squares taller must the "pears" bar be than the "apples" bar? ___ - 4.You are drawing a bar chart with 1 grid square = 10 children.
dogs: 30 children cats: 40 children How many grid squares taller must the "cats" bar be than the "dogs" bar? ___ - 5.You are drawing a bar chart. You choose: 1 grid square = 5 children.
pears: 25 children How many grid squares tall do you draw the "pears" bar? ___ - 6.You counted 25 children (non-fiction books) and the bar should be exactly 5 grid squares tall. How many children must one grid square stand for? ___
- 7.You are drawing a bar chart with 1 grid square = 5 children.
apples: 25 children pears: 30 children How many grid squares taller must the "pears" bar be than the "apples" bar? ___
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1) 2 · 2) 10 · 3) 2 · 4) 1 · 5) 5 · 6) 5 · 7) 1
How to explain it to your child
Pick a scale that fits the numbers first, then divide each number by that scale — the result is the bar's height in grid squares.
- Choose a scale that all the numbers divide evenly by. — 20 children and 15 children → 1 square = 5 works for both
- Divide each number by the scale — that's the bar's height in grid squares. — 20 ÷ 5 = 4 squares, 15 ÷ 5 = 3 squares
- Only then draw: one bar per category, exactly that many squares tall. — a 4-square-tall bar for football
Example: 20 children, 1 square = 5: 20 ÷ 5 = 4 — draw the bar 4 grid squares tall.
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