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Reading bar graphs

Read values and find combined totals from bar graphs.

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Each of the four bar values is selected from this range. The axis always starts at zero.

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Reading bar graphsReading bar graphs. Practice. How many Oranges and Plums are shown altogether? How many Apples and Oranges are shown altogether? How many Plums are shown? How many Pears and Plums are shown altogether?Name __________________________Date _______________Reading bar graphsRead the bar graph and answer the question.Worked exampleA graph shows 6 apples and 9 pears. How many apples and pears are shownaltogether? → 15 itemsRead the apple bar: 6. Read the pear bar: 9.1.How many Oranges and Plums areshown altogether?Bar graph with counts: Apples: 7; Pears: 10; Plums: 15; Oranges: 7. The vertical axis begins at zero.Count0510157Apples10Pears15Plums7Oranges2.How many Apples and Oranges areshown altogether?Bar graph with counts: Apples: 13; Pears: 2; Plums: 9; Oranges: 18. The vertical axis begins at zero.Count0510152013Apples2Pears9Plums18Oranges3.How many Plums are shown?Bar graph with counts: Apples: 8; Pears: 8; Plums: 11; Oranges: 19. The vertical axis begins at zero.Count051015208Apples8Pears11Plums19Oranges4.How many Pears and Plums areshown altogether?Bar graph with counts: Apples: 3; Pears: 16; Plums: 12; Oranges: 3. The vertical axis begins at zero.Count051015203Apples16Pears12Plums3OrangesMathSprig · mathsprig.site · support@mathsprig.sitePage 1 of 2mathsprig-1 · mathsprig-v1 · 09dab782
Reading bar graphsReading bar graphs. Practice. How many Plums and Oranges are shown altogether? How many Plums and Pears are shown altogether?Name __________________________Date _______________Reading bar graphsRead the bar graph and answer the question.5.How many Plums and Oranges areshown altogether?Bar graph with counts: Apples: 16; Pears: 16; Plums: 9; Oranges: 15. The vertical axis begins at zero.Count0510152016Apples16Pears9Plums15Oranges6.How many Plums and Pears areshown altogether?Bar graph with counts: Apples: 14; Pears: 19; Plums: 8; Oranges: 13. The vertical axis begins at zero.Count0510152014Apples19Pears8Plums13OrangesMathSprig · mathsprig.site · support@mathsprig.sitePage 2 of 2mathsprig-1 · mathsprig-v1 · 09dab782
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What you’ll practice

Read one category count or add two counts from a bar graph.

Check the vertical scale, then find the bar named in the question. If you need a combined total, read each bar separately before adding.

How this skill works

Match the named category to its bar. Trace its top to the value scale.

For a combined count, read both bars separately and add the values. Do not add the category labels or tick positions.

Worked example

A graph shows 6 apples and 9 pears. How many apples and pears are shown altogether?
  1. Read the apple bar: 6. Read the pear bar: 9.
  2. 6 + 9 = 15 items.

Answer: 15 items

Teaching notes

  • The printed numbers above the bars provide an exact count when a top lies between ticks.
Practice questions
  1. How many Oranges and Plums are shown altogether?

    Bar graph with counts: Apples: 7; Pears: 10; Plums: 15; Oranges: 7. The vertical axis begins at zero.

  2. How many Apples and Oranges are shown altogether?

    Bar graph with counts: Apples: 13; Pears: 2; Plums: 9; Oranges: 18. The vertical axis begins at zero.

  3. How many Plums are shown?

    Bar graph with counts: Apples: 8; Pears: 8; Plums: 11; Oranges: 19. The vertical axis begins at zero.

  4. How many Pears and Plums are shown altogether?

    Bar graph with counts: Apples: 3; Pears: 16; Plums: 12; Oranges: 3. The vertical axis begins at zero.

  5. How many Plums and Oranges are shown altogether?

    Bar graph with counts: Apples: 16; Pears: 16; Plums: 9; Oranges: 15. The vertical axis begins at zero.

  6. How many Plums and Pears are shown altogether?

    Bar graph with counts: Apples: 14; Pears: 19; Plums: 8; Oranges: 13. The vertical axis begins at zero.

Answers and steps
  1. 22 items
    1. The Oranges bar has a value of 7.
    2. The Plums bar has a value of 15.
    3. Add the two counts: 7 + 15 = 22.
  2. 31 items
    1. The Apples bar has a value of 13.
    2. The Oranges bar has a value of 18.
    3. Add the two counts: 13 + 18 = 31.
  3. 11 items
    1. The Plums bar has a value of 11.
  4. 28 items
    1. The Pears bar has a value of 16.
    2. The Plums bar has a value of 12.
    3. Add the two counts: 16 + 12 = 28.
  5. 24 items
    1. The Plums bar has a value of 9.
    2. The Oranges bar has a value of 15.
    3. Add the two counts: 9 + 15 = 24.
  6. 27 items
    1. The Plums bar has a value of 8.
    2. The Pears bar has a value of 19.
    3. Add the two counts: 8 + 19 = 27.