Grade 6 Data Visualization Worksheet
A worksheet for 6th graders to practice interpreting and creating various data visualizations including bar graphs and line plots.
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Data Visualization Practice
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where necessary.
The bar graph below shows the favorite colors of students in a 6th-grade class. Use the graph to answer the questions.
1. Which color is the most popular among the students?
2. How many students chose Yellow as their favorite color?
3. What is the difference in popularity between Green and Blue?
4. A circle graph is best used to show:
Changes over time
Parts of a whole
Comparison between categories
Frequency of data
5. Which type of graph would be best to show a student's height measured each year for five years?
Bar graph
Line graph
Circle graph
Pictograph
6. A graph that uses pictures to represent data is called a .
7. The axis on a coordinate plane usually represents the independent variable.
8. When creating a graph, it is important to include a to explain what the symbols or colors represent.
9. Create a line plot for the following data set, which represents the number of books read by 6th-grade students in a month:
Data: 2, 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2, 2, 3
10. Explain one advantage of using a bar graph over a line plot.