Grade 3 Math — Reading bar charts

Read a bar chart, use its scale to turn a bar height into a number, and compare the bars.

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1.Why does a bar chart need a scale up the side?
- a) So that the bars look neat
- b) So that every bar is the same width
- c) So that the height of a bar can be read as a number
- d) So that the chart has a title
2.A chart shows 22 visitors on Monday, 15 on Tuesday, 30 on Wednesday and 18 on Thursday. Put the days in order, fewest visitors first.
- Wednesday
- Tuesday
- Thursday
- Monday
3.This chart shows how many books were read on each of four days. Tap the bar for the day with the fewest.
Write the number of the part.
4.A bar chart shows 9 visitors on Monday and 14 on Tuesday. How many more visitors were there on Tuesday?
5.On a bar chart one square of the scale stands for 10 people. A bar is four and a half squares tall. How many people does it stand for?
- a) 410
- b) 40
- c) 45
- d) 50
6.A bar chart shows 9, 14, 6 and 11 visitors across four days. How many visitors were there altogether?
7.This chart shows how many goals four teams scored. Tap the bar for the team that scored the second most.
Write the number of the part.
8.On this chart each square of the scale stands for 4 cars. Match each bar height to the number of cars it shows.
- 2 squares
- 3 squares
- 5 squares
- 7 squares
- 8
- 20
- 28
- 12

Answer key — Grade 3 Math — Reading bar charts