Farren found telephones, violins, and microphones in the attic. He created a bar graph showing the number of each item he discovered. The bar graph had three columns representing the different items and numbers on the y-axis to indicate quantities.

1. Do now…
Farren looked around in the attic and found some telephones, violins, and microphones.
He made a bar graph of the items he found.

2. Introduction to Graphs and Bar
graphs

3. What is a graph?
• A graph is a picture that organizes a large
amount of information so that it is easier to
read.
• We use graphs to compare things
What are we comparing in this graph?

4. Graphs come in many different forms
• There are bar graphs
• There are pie graphs
• There are pictographs
• There are line graphs

5. What are the parts of a graph?
What are the 3 ITEMS on the graph?
How many numbers do you see on the
graph?
What do the 3 columns stand for?
1
2
3
4
BONUS! What type of graph is this?
Farren looked around in the attic and found some telephones, violins, and microphones.
He made a bar graph of the items he found.

6. Do you know how to use a graph?
How many of each item are there?
_________
_________
_________
1
2
3
4
4
BONUS! What type of graph is this?

7. Do you know how to use a graph?
Anita went shopping for a party and bought some gift boxes, chocolate
cakes, and gift bags. She made a bar graph of the supplies she bought:
What are the 3 PARTY
SUPPLIES on the
graph?
How many numbers do
you see on the graph?
What do the 3 columns
stand for?

8. Do you know how to use a graph?
Anita went shopping for a party and bought some gift boxes, chocolate
cakes, and gift bags. She made a bar graph of the supplies she bought:
How many of each
party supply are there?
Gift box- _____
Chocolate cake- _____
Gift bags- _____

9. How do I take information and put it
on a graph?

10. How do I take information and put it
on a graph?

11. How do I take information and put it
on a graph?
Victoria is making a bar
graph from her data. How
many squares should she fill
in for row 4?

12. How do I take information and put it
on a graph?