Picture & Bar Graphs
Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories; solve put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph
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Can your child draw a simple bar chart or picture graph to show information — like how many of each colour of sweet are in a bag — and answer questions from it?
Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories; solve put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph
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- Draw a picture graph with a symbol representing one unit for each data point
- Draw a bar graph with labelled axes and a single-unit scale
- Use a bar graph to answer comparison questions (e.g. 'How many more votes did cats get than dogs?')
“Can your child draw a simple bar chart or picture graph to show information — like how many of each colour of sweet are in a bag — and answer questions from it?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Representational
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Data & Statistics
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
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