Practice Bar Graphs in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

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Quick Recap

A chart that uses rectangular bars of different heights or lengths to represent and compare quantities, where each bar's length is proportional to the value it represents and categories are shown on one axis.

Think of buildings on a city skyline—taller buildings stand out. In a bar graph, taller bars mean bigger numbers. You can compare at a glance without reading every number.

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Example 1

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A bar graph (scale of 5) shows visitors: Sat 9 gridlines, Sun 7 gridlines. How many visitors over the weekend?

Example 2

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A bar graph shows votes: A 15, B 9. If 4 voters switch from A to B, what are the new totals?

Example 3

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A tally chart shows: apples ∣∣∣∣ /||||\,/ (5), pears ∣∣∣||| (3). How many apples?

Example 4

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A tally chart shows: cars three bundles of 5 plus ∣|, trucks two bundles of 5. How many more cars than trucks?

Example 5

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A bar graph shows: ducks 5, swans 5, geese 8. Which two bars are the same?

Example 6

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A bar graph shows: trucks 9, vans 4. Which bar is shorter?

Example 7

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A bar graph shows favorite colors: red 9, blue 6, green 4. How many more kids chose red than green?

Example 8

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A bar graph shows apples 4, bananas 7, cherries 2. How many more bananas than cherries?

Example 9

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A bar graph's scale has each gridline = 1. A bar reaches the 6th line. What value is that?

Example 10

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A bar graph shows library books checked out: Fiction=15, Nonfiction=9, Comics=12. How many fewer nonfiction books than fiction books were checked out?

Example 11

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A picture bar graph shows: balls ★★★★★\bigstar\bigstar\bigstar\bigstar\bigstar, dolls ★★★\bigstar\bigstar\bigstar. Which bar is the tallest?

Example 12

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A picture graph uses key: 1 star =1= 1 book. It shows: Sam has 7 stars, Mia has 4 stars. How many books does Sam have?

Example 13

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A bar graph shows Mon 3, Tue 5, Wed 4 books read. How many books on Tuesday?

Example 14

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A bar graph shows cookies sold each day: Mon=8, Tue=6, Wed=10, Thu=4, Fri=12. How many more cookies were sold on Friday than on Monday?

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A tally chart shows: Mon ∣∣∣∣ / ∣∣||||\,/\,|| (7), Tue ∣∣∣∣ / ∣∣∣∣||||\,/\,|||| (9). On which day were there more?

Example 16

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A picture bar graph shows: pigs ★★\bigstar\bigstar, cows ★★★\bigstar\bigstar\bigstar. How many cows?

Example 17

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A bar graph (scale of 5) shows: A 4 gridlines, B 9 gridlines, C 6 gridlines. Goal is 100 total. How many more are needed?

Example 18

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A bar graph (scale of 2) shows favorite drinks: juice at 7 gridlines, milk at 5 gridlines. How many kids chose juice?

Example 19

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A bar graph (each line = 5) shows team A at 4 lines and team B at 7 lines. How many more points has B?

Example 20

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A bar graph shows: dogs 5, cats 3, fish 2. How many cats?
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