8.1.2
Pictograms & Bar Charts
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Pictograms and Bar Charts
You need to be able to find sums or differences between data in pictograms and bar charts.

Sam's pictogram
- Sam makes a pictogram of his data.
- He uses a picture of a cup to represent 2 drinks.
- To show Tea, Sam uses 6 pictures.
- To show Coffee, he uses 4 and a half pictures.

Sam's bar chart
- Sam makes a bar chart from his data on teachers’ drinks.
- He can see that tea is the most popular drink as it has the tallest bar.
- Sam’s scale goes up in 2s.
- He wants to know how many more people want squash than hot chocolate.

Answer
- The difference in height of the bars is 1 ½.
- The scale goes up in 2s.
- That means 3 more people want squash than hot chocolate.
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3.3Straight Lines
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4.1Statistics
5Year 4 - Number
5.1Number & Place Value
5.2Addition & Subtraction
5.3Multiplication & Division
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7.1Properties of Shapes
7.2Perimeter & Area
7.3Position & Direction
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1Year 3 - Number
1.1Number & Place Value
1.2Addition & Subtraction
1.3Multiplication & Division
2Year 3 - Measurement
2.3Volume & Capacity
3Year 3 - Geometry
3.2Properties of Shapes
3.3Straight Lines
4Year 3 - Statistics
4.1Statistics
5Year 4 - Number
5.1Number & Place Value
5.2Addition & Subtraction
5.3Multiplication & Division
6Year 4 - Measurement
7Year 4 - Geometry
7.1Properties of Shapes
7.2Perimeter & Area
7.3Position & Direction
8Year 4 - Statistics
Practice questions on Pictograms & Bar Charts
Can you answer these? Test yourself with free interactive practice on Seneca — used by over 10 million students.
- 1How many more teachers prefer coffee than water?Multiple choice
- 2How many more teachers prefer coffee than squash?Multiple choice
- 3Which drink is the least favourite of teachers?Multiple choice
- 4How many teachers were surveyed to make this pictogram?Multiple choice
- 5How many teachers prefer either tea or water?Multiple choice
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