Youth · SkillSpark · starter lesson
Reading a bar chart
Starter lesson written by Orbiluma and checked by one reviewer (AI-assisted). It has not been reviewed by a teacher or tested with learners, and it does not follow any particular school curriculum. All numbers are invented.
1. How to read a bar chart
- Read the title first: it says what is being counted.
- Each bar is one group. The label under the bar names it.
- The height of a bar tells you how many. Follow the top of the bar across to the numbers on the left.
- To compare, look at which bar is taller. To find how many more, take the smaller number away from the bigger one.
2. Try it
Show the numbers as a table
| Bar | books |
|---|---|
| Mon | 7 |
| Tue | 8 |
| Wed | 3 |
| Thu | 2 |
| Fri | 13 |
Question 1 of 6
Which bar is the tallest?
Choose an answer.
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