Reading a bar chart
You learn to read values from a bar chart.
How to work it out
- Find what you are asked about: a bar, point, cell or slice.
- Follow it to the scale and read the number at that mark.
- In a pie chart the whole pie is 100%.
How tall is the Thursday bar?
- Find the Thursday bar.
- Follow its top to the left, to the number scale.
- The top is at 20.
- The Thursday bar is 20 tall.
More examples
How tall is the Tuesday bar?
- Find the Tuesday bar.
- Follow its top to the left, to the number scale.
- The top is at 10.
- The Tuesday bar is 10 tall.
How tall is the Wednesday bar?
- Find the Wednesday bar.
- Follow its top to the left, to the number scale.
- The top is at 20.
- The Wednesday bar is 20 tall.
How much taller is the Thursday bar than the Monday bar?
- Read both bars first: Thursday is 20 and Monday is 12.
- Subtract the smaller number from the bigger one: 20 − 12 = 8.
- The Thursday bar is 8 taller.