Bar Graph

 A bar graph (also called Bar Chart) is a way of displaying data using bars of different heights.
 It helps compare quantities easily.
 Components of a bar graph.
- Title (Explains what the graph is about)
- X-axis (Categories being compared)
- Y-axis (Numbers or values)
- Bars (Show the amount for each category)
Ex: Imagine you do a survey of your friends to find which type of movie they like best:

We can show that on a bar graph like this:

 Find the highest and lowest values.

 Compare two categories and find the difference.
 Calculate the total of all values.
 Predict what might happen if the trend continues.

It is a really good way to show relative sizes: we can see which types of movies are most liked, and which
are least liked, at a glance.
We can use bar graphs to show the relative sizes of many things, such as what type of car people have,
how many customers a shop has on different days and so on.

Ex: Monthly Earnings vs. Expenses of Five People

Person Earnings ($) Expenses ($)
Alex 2500 1800
Bella 3200 2100
Charlie 2800 2300
Diana 3000 2500
Ethan 2700 2200

a) Draw a double bar graph to compare earnings and expenses for each person.
b) Who has the highest earnings? How much more do they earn compared to the person with the lowest
earnings?
c) Who has the highest expenses? How much more do they spend compared to the person with the lowest
expenses?
d) Find out who has the greatest savings (Earnings – Expenses). How much do they save?
e) If Diana's expenses increase by $300, how will the graph change?
f) If Ethan gets a salary increase of $500, how will his earnings compare to Charlie's?
Practice Exercise: Bar graph
1) The bar graph below shows the number of books read by five students in one month:
Student Name Books Read
Alex 12
Bella 8
Charlie 15
Diana 10
Ethan 6
Create the Bar Graph:
a) Draw a bar graph to represent the data above. Make sure to label the axes correctly and give the graph a title.
Questions:
a. Who reads the most books in the month?
b. How many books did Charlie read?
c. How many more books did Alex read than Ethan?
d. Which two students read the same number of books?
e. What is the total number of books read by all the students?
Comparing Data:
a. Which student reads fewer than 10 books? How many books did they read?
b. If Bella read 2 more books, how many books would she have read in total?
2) Number of Students Participating in School Clubs

Club Name Boys Girls

Science 12 15
Sports 20 10
Music 8 12
Art 10 14
Debate 6 9

a) Draw a double bar graph comparing the number of boys and girls in each club.
b) In which club is the difference between boys and girls the greatest? By how much?
c) Which club has the highest total number of participants?
d) How many students are in the Music and Art clubs combined?
e) If 5 more boys join the Science club, how will the graph change?
2) The bar graph below shows the number of different types of fruits sold in a market over the course of a week.
The categories are: Apples, Bananas, Oranges, Grapes, and Strawberries.

Reading Data from the Bar Graph:

a) Use the table below to record the data you read from the bar graph. Calculate the total each fruit sold per day.
Total per
Day of the Week Apples Bananas Oranges Grapes Strawberries
day
Monday 30 20 25 15 40
Tuesday 40 25 20 30 35
Wednesday 35 30 25 20 30
Thursday 45 35 30 25 50
Friday 50 40 45 40 55
Saturday 60 45 50 45 60
Sunday 55 50 55 50 65

b) Which day had the highest total number of fruits sold? How many fruits were sold in total on that day?
c) On which day were the sales of bananas the lowest? How many bananas were sold on that day?
d) Calculate the total number of apples sold throughout the week.
e) What was the average number of grapes sold per day over the week?
f) What was the difference in the number of strawberries sold on Friday compared to Sunday?
g) Which fruit had the highest total sales over the entire week? Calculate the total sales for that fruit.
h) On which day did oranges have the second highest sales? How many oranges were sold?
Comparing Data:
a) Compare the sales of apples and oranges on Thursday. Which fruit had a higher sales figure? By how much?
b) If the number of grapes sold on Monday had increased by 10, how many would have been sold that day?
Analysis:
a) Over the course of the week, did the sales of strawberries increase, decrease, or stay constant? Show the pattern
using data from the bar graph.
b) If you wanted to create a marketing campaign to promote fruit, which fruit would you choose based on the
sales data and why?
3) Five friends track their monthly earnings and planned savings, but unexpected expenses affected their
savings.

Planned Unexpected Actual

Person Earnings ($)
Savings ($) Expenses ($) Savings ($)

Alex 3000 800 500 ?

Bella 3500 1000 600 ?
Charlie 2800 700 400 ?
Diana 3200 900 700 ?
Ethan 2900 750 650 ?

a) Calculate the Actual Savings for each person using formula below. Fill in the missing values in the table.
Formula: Actual Savings = Planned Savings − Unexpected Expenses
b) Draw a double bar graph comparing Planned Savings vs. Actual Savings for each person.
c) Who had the biggest difference between planned and actual savings?
d) If unexpected expenses had been zero, how much total savings would the five friends have had?
e) Bella wants to adjust her planned savings for next month. If she wants to make sure her actual savings is
at least $900, how much should she plan to save, assuming unexpected expenses remain the same?
f) Who ended up saving less than 50% of what they originally planned?
4) A store sells Laptops and Tablets over five months. The sales vary each month due to promotions and
customer demand.
Month Laptops Sold Tablets Sold

January 40 55
February 50 60
March 70 50
April 65 75
May 90 80

a) Draw a double bar graph comparing laptop and tablet sales for each month.
b) In which month were the sales of laptops higher than tablets?
c) What is the total number of laptops sold over the five months?
d) Identify the month with the biggest sales difference between laptops and tablets. How much is the
difference?
e) If the trend continues, predict the laptop and tablet sales for June, assuming:
f) Laptops increase by 10% compared to May.
g) Tablets increase by 5% compared to May.
h) If each laptop is sold for $800 and each tablet for $500, calculate the total revenue from laptop and tablet
sales in April.
HOMEWORK!!
Create your own bar graph using the data of your classmates' favorite hobbies (for example, drawing, reading,
sports, music, etc.). Create the graph and answer the same set of questions as Practice exercise 1.