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Bar Graphs and Simple Data Comparisons

Mathematics Grade 2 Difficulty 3/5

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Bar Graphs

Bar graphs show information with bars.

Taller bars mean bigger numbers.

Shorter bars mean smaller numbers.

We can count the bars.

We can compare the bars.

Parts of a Bar Graph

  • Title tells what the graph shows
  • Labels tell what each bar means
  • Numbers show how much
  • Bars show the amounts

Why Bar Graphs Help Us

Bar graphs make numbers easy to see.

We can quickly find the biggest.

We can quickly find the smallest.

We can see differences easily.

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