Bar Graph Maker
Class 6–7 Maths: data handling
Ask friends their favourite fruit, keep tally marks and watch the bar graph grow. Then read it.
Words to know
- Data
- Facts or numbers collected to learn something.
- Tally mark
- A quick line for each count; every fifth crosses the other four.
- Bar graph
- A chart where the length of each bar shows a number.
- Scale
- The numbers along the side of a graph.
Quick check
Answer 3 questions to check what you learned.
Try at home
Ask 10 people at home or in your street which colour they like best. Keep tally marks, then draw a bar graph on squared paper.