Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE WHAT IS A BAR GRAPH CHAPTER TWO GRAPHING BALLOONS CHAPTER THREE GRAPHING FOOD CHAPTER FOUR GRAPHING GUESTS CHAPTER FIVE BAR GRAPHS ARE FUN Glossary For More Information Index About the Author 4 8 12 16 20 22 23 24 24
CHAPTER ONE What Is a Bar Graph A bar graph can show how many boys and girls are in a class Are there things you want to count and compare A bar graph can help It’s a type of number picture A bar graph can show if your class has more girls or more boys Bar graphs can also show how things change over time A bar graph can show you how much you’ve grown Do you want to know more about bar graphs Let’s go 4
A bar graph has many parts LABEL what was counted MY CLASS S T N E D U T S F O R E B M U N 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Boys Girls STUDENT SCALE how many TITLE what the bar graph is about BAR how many were counted these bars are the same color LABEL the groups of things counted LABEL the type of things counted 5
