Bar Graphs and

Histograms
PRINCESS C. BARCEGA
APG SCHOOL, MANAMA, BAHRAIN

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What do you know about
 bar graph?
 double bar graph?

 Histogram?
 Bar Graph
 A bar graph can
Spanish be used to
display and
Mandarin
compare data
 The scale
should include
Hindi
all the data
values and be
English easily divided
into equal
0 200 400 600 800 1000 intervals.
 ?How to interpret a Bar Graph

The bar graph shows Mr. Snowden’s

students by gender and band
.membership
How many of Mr.

7

Snowden’s

6
students are

5
band members?

4
 How many of Mr.
3
Snowden’s
2

students are not

1

band members?
0

Female Female not Male band Male not

band band band
Double Bar Graph

90  Can be used to
80 compare two
70 related sets of
60
data
50
40
30
20
10
0
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr
How to make a Double-Bar
?Graph
 Choose a scale and interval
for the vertical axis.
 Draw a pair of bars for each
country’s data. Use different
colors to show males and
females.
 Label the axes and give the
graph a title.
 Make a key to show what
each bar represents.
 The table shows the highway
speed limits on interstate
roads .within three states
Rural Urban State

70 mi/h 65mi/h Florida

70 mi/h 70 mi/h Texas

65 mi/h 55mi/h Vermont

 Step 1
 Choose a scale 80
and interval for the
vertical axis.
60

40

Rural Urban State

70 mi/h 65mi/h Florida 20

70 mi/h 70 mi/h Texas

65 mi/h 55mi/h Vermont 0
  Draw a pair of bars for each
Step 2 state’s data. Use different
colors to show urban and rural.

80

Rural Urban State

60
70 mi/h 65mi/h Florida
70 mi/h 70 mi/h Texas
40
65 mi/h 55mi/h Vermont

20

0
Florida Texas Vermont
 Step 3 and 4
Speed Limit on Interstate Roads

80
 Label the axes and Urban
give the graph a Rural

Speed Limit (mi/h)

60
title.
 Make a key to
40
show what each
bar represents
20

0
Florida Texas Vermont
Histogram

 Histogram is a bar graph that

shows the frequency of data
within equal intervals.
 There is no space in between
the bars.
?How to make a histogram
The table below shows the number of
hours students watch TV in one week
.Make a histogram of all the data
Number of hours of TV

III 6 II 1

IIII - IIII 7 IIII 2

III 8 IIII - IIII 3

IIII 9 IIII - I 4

IIII - III 5
  Make a frequency
table of the data. Step 1
Be sure to use
equal intervals
Frequency Number of
hours of TV

Number of hours of TV
15 1-3
III 6 II 1
17 4-6
IIII - IIII 7 IIII 2
16 7-9
III 8 IIII - IIII 3
IIII 9 IIII - I 4
IIII - III 5
 Step 2
 Choose an appropriate scale and interval for the vertical
axis. The greatest value on the scale should be at least as
great as the greatest frequency.

20
16
Frequency Number of
hours of TV 12
8
15 1-3
17 4-6 4
16 7-9 0
1-3 4-6 7-9
 Step 3 Hours of Television
 Draw a bar for each interval. Watched
The height of the bar is the
frequency for that interval.
20
Bars must touch but not
overlap.

Number of students
16
 Label the axes and give the
graph title 12

Number of 8
Frequency
hours of TV
4

15 1-3 0
17 4-6 1-3 4-6 7-9
Hours
16 7-9
 Hours of Television
Watched

20

Number of students
16
12

8
4

0
1-3 4-6 7-9
Hours
Can you now make a bar
graph, double bar Graph
and a histogram?
The list below shows the results of
a typing test in words per
minute. Make a histogram of the
data.
62, 55, 68, 47, 50, 41, 62, 39, 54,
70, 56, 70, 56, 47, 71, 55, 60, 42
The end