A) What Were the Most Merits in a Month Received by Student A?

Bar Charts

1. The comparative bar chart below shows the number of merits received by two different students over the course of the school year. a) What were the most merits in a month received by student A? b) What were the most merits in a month received by student B? c) In which month did the two students receive the same number of merits? d) In which months did student A receive 7 merits? e) In which months did student B receive 6 merits? f) Which student received the most merits during the year?

2. The composite bar chart on the left shows the method of scoring for two football teams over the course of a season.

a) What percentage of goals scored by Team B were from a penalty kick? b) Which team scores a higher percentage of their goals from free kicks? c) A newspaper report uses this bar chart to compare the method of scoring between the two teams. The report says “Team A scores more goals from open play than Team B”. Explain why this may not necessarily be the case. d) Team A scored a total of 60 goals during this season. How many of these goals were from open play?

3. The amount of rainfall, in mm, was recorded at 10 different weather stations in January and July. The data is shown in the table below. Draw a comparative bar chart to represent the data.

Weather A B C D E F G H I J Station January 89 94 90 85 82 99 100 80 85 88 July 46 40 56 50 45 49 66 53 46 44

4. The age of people at the concert of two pop groups is shown in the table below. Draw a composite bar chart to represent the data.

Age Range Under 15 15 -18 19 - 24 Over 24 Number of People 5,200 1,300 1,800 1,700 Number of People 2,100 2,400 2,200 3,300

Bar Charts 1. The comparative bar chart below shows the number of merits received by two different students over the course of the school year. a) What were the most merits in a month received by student A? b) What were the most merits in a month received by student B? c) In which month did the two students receive the same number of merits? d) In which months did student A receive 7 merits? e) In which months did student B receive 6 merits? f) Which student received the most merits during the year?

2. The composite bar chart on the left shows the method of scoring for two football teams over the course of a season.

a) What percentage of goals scored by Team B were from a penalty kick? b) Which team scores a higher percentage of their goals from free kicks? c) A newspaper report uses this bar chart to compare the method of scoring between the two teams. The report says “Team A scores more goals from open play than Team B”. Explain why this may not necessarily be the case. d) Team A scored a total of 60 goals during this season. How many of these goals were from open play?

3. The amount of rainfall, in mm, was recorded at 10 different weather stations in January and July. The data is shown in the table below. Draw a comparative bar chart to represent the data.

Weather A B C D E F G H I J Station January 89 94 90 85 82 99 100 80 85 88 July 46 40 56 50 45 49 66 53 46 44

4. The age of people at the concert of two pop groups is shown in the table below. Draw a composite bar chart to represent the data.

Age Range Under 15 15 -18 19 - 24 Over 24 Number of People 5,200 1,300 1,800 1,700 Number of People 2,100 2,400 2,200 3,300