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Year 7 Maths — Pictographs and bar graphs

Record data with tallies, read pictographs and bar graphs where one unit stands for many, and answer questions from them.

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Before you start

Every line across this graph is worth 5 books. Look at how far up each bar reaches and work out what it is worth.

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  1. 1. Monday — 30 books
  2. 2. Tuesday — 15 books
  3. 3. Wednesday — 40 books
  4. 4. Thursday — 25 books

Count the lines, not the bars. Monday reaches six lines up and each line is worth 5 books, which is why it is 30 and not 6 — that is the whole job a scale does.

Move the bars up and down, and watch the number each one stands for.

Each line up the side is worth 5.0510152025303540MondayTuesdayWednesday

One line up is not one book. Every line you cross is worth 5, so a bar that grows by one line grows by five — that is the scale doing its job.

  1. 1.A bar graph shows 6, 11, 9 and 4 goals across four matches. In how many of the matches were fewer than 8 goals scored?

  2. 2.A shop sold 14 pens on Monday, 9 on Tuesday, 21 on Wednesday and 17 on Thursday. Put the days in order, fewest pens first.

    • Thursday
    • Tuesday
    • Monday
    • Wednesday

  3. 3.A bar graph shows 12 red, 8 blue, 15 green and 5 yellow counters. How many counters are there altogether?

  4. 4.This bar chart shows how many apples a stall sold on four days. Tap the bar for the day it sold the most.

    Write the number of the part.

    1234

  5. 5.A shop sold 14 pens on Monday, 9 on Tuesday, 21 on Wednesday and 17 on Thursday. Sort each day by whether it sold fewer or more than 15 pens.

    Groups: Fewer than 15 pens · More than 15 pens

    • Tuesday
    • Thursday
    • Wednesday
    • Monday

  6. 6.On a pictograph one whole symbol stands for 8 cars, and half a symbol is drawn at the end of a row. How many cars does that half symbol stand for?

  7. 7.A tally chart shows 3 full groups of five and 2 extra lines. What number does it show?

  8. 8.In a pictograph, one symbol stands for 5 books. How many books do 7 symbols stand for?

Answer key — Year 7 Maths — Pictographs and bar graphs

  1. 1. 2
  2. 2. 1. Tuesday 2. Monday 3. Thursday 4. Wednesday
  3. 3. 40
  4. 4. 4 — Thursday
  5. 5. Monday → Fewer than 15 pens; Tuesday → Fewer than 15 pens; Wednesday → More than 15 pens; Thursday → More than 15 pens
  6. 6. 4
  7. 7. 17
  8. 8. 35