Grade 5 Math: Understanding Pie Charts
A worksheet for 5th graders to practice interpreting and creating pie charts, aligning with data analysis standards.
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Grade 5 Math: Understanding Pie Charts
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where necessary.
A pie chart (or circle graph) shows how a whole is divided into parts. Each 'slice' of the pie represents a category, and the size of the slice shows its proportion of the whole.
The pie chart below shows the favorite colors of 100 students in Grade 5. Use the information to answer the questions.
1. Which color is the most popular among the students?
2. What percentage of students chose Red as their favorite color?
3. If 100 students were surveyed, how many students chose Green?
4. In a pie chart, what does the entire circle represent?
A part of the data
The total or whole amount
The least popular category
An average of the data
5. If a slice of a pie chart represents 50% of the data, what fraction of the circle would it cover?
One-quarter
One-third
One-half
The whole circle
6. A pie chart is also known as a graph.
7. The larger the slice in a pie chart, the the proportion it represents.
8. A class surveyed their favorite fruits. 25% chose apples, 40% chose bananas, and 35% chose oranges. If there are 20 students in the class, how many students chose bananas?
9. Pie charts are best used to show changes in data over time.
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