To help enhance in understanding BAR CHART

1. HOW TO
CONSTRUCT

2. Fruit: Apple Orange Banana Kiwifruit Blueberry Grapes
People: 35 30 10 25 40 5
A survey of 145 people, asked them "Which is the nicest fruit?"
That group of
people think
Blueberries are the
most nicest fruit.

3. • A bar chart is a graph drawn using rectangular bars to show how large each
value is.
• Each bar represent one variant or attribute.
• The length of the bar is proportional to the magnitude or frequency of the
variable.
• The bars can either be horizontal or vertical

4. i. Axis – the lines on the graph you measure from to find a value. There are two
axes on a bar graph.
ii. Title – gives an idea of the information being presented in the graph. The title is
at the top of the graph.
iii. Labels – Tell what is being presented on each axis.
iv. Intervals – measure of the amount of the different group. Suitable scale should
be indicated and scale starts from zero
v. Bars – rectangular blocks that represent the data been collected. The width of the
bar and the gaps between the bars should be equal throughout.

5. 0
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1-JAN 1-FEB 1-MAR 1-APR
Sales
Month
Monthly Car Sales in 2015
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
MON
TUE
WED
THUR
FRI
RM
Day
ExpensesTitle
Bars :
Vertical /
Horizontal
Label & x-axis
Label&y-axis
Label&y-axis
Intervals
Intervals
Label & x-axis

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1-JAN 1-FEB 1-MAR 1-APR
Sales
Month
Monthly Sales in 2014
Car
Truck
Boats
0 20 40 60 80
FACEBOOK
E-MAIL
OTHER SOCIAL
NETWORK
BLOG
TWITTER
Number of people
SocialMedia
Use of Social Media
Female
Male
Title
Bars :
Vertical /
Horizontal
Label & x-axis
Label&y-axis
Label&y-axis
Intervals
Intervals
Label & x-axis

8. 1. Make a bar chart for the following set of data:
Trianna's bookshelf contains 40 mysteries, 30 science fiction books, 10 non-fiction books,
50 comic books and 5 dictionaries.
2. The percentage of total income spent under various heads by a family is given
below :
Different Heads Food Clothing Health Education House Rent Miscellaneous
% Age of Total Number 40 % 10% 20% 15% 25% 6%
Represent the above data in the form of bar graph.