Grade 8 Scaled Bar Graphs Worksheet
A worksheet for 8th-grade students to practice creating, reading, and interpreting scaled bar graphs.
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Scaled Bar Graphs Practice
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. For graphing questions, make sure to label your axes and choose an appropriate scale.
1. Explain why choosing an appropriate scale is important when creating a bar graph.
The bar graph below shows the number of students who prefer different types of fruits.
2. What is the scale used on the y-axis of the bar graph?
Each unit represents 1 student
Each unit represents 5 students
Each unit represents 10 students
Each unit represents 20 students
3. How many more students prefer oranges than bananas?
10 students
20 students
30 students
40 students
4. If 5 more students chose mango as their favorite fruit, the new number of students who prefer mango would be .
5. The total number of students surveyed for this bar graph is .
6. Construct a scaled bar graph using the following data: Test Scores: Math: 85 Science: 90 History: 75 English: 95 Art: 80
7. A scaled bar graph always starts its y-axis scale at zero.
True
False
8. The bars in a bar graph can be either vertical or horizontal.
True
False