Drawing: Fluency & Practice with Bar Charts

Mathematics
Grade 8
11 questions
~22 mins
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A worksheet focused on drawing bar charts for Grade 8 students to develop procedural fluency and reasoning skills in constructing and interpreting bar graphs.

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Drawing: Fluency & Practice with Bar Charts

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Practice Questions

Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
Draw a bar chart to represent the following data: Number of books read in a month - January: 8, February: 5, March: 10, April: 7.
[3 marks]
2.
Plot a bar chart to show the number of students who prefer different sports: Football: 15, Basketball: 10, Volleyball: 8, Tennis: 12.
[3 marks]
3.
Construct a bar chart representing the sales of three products: Product A: 20 units, Product B: 35 units, Product C: 25 units.
[3 marks]
4.
Given a data set, draw a bar chart with a scale where 1 unit on the Y-axis equals 2 units in data value. Data: 4, 6, 8, 10.
[3 marks]
5.
Explain the steps involved in drawing a bar chart from raw data.
[4 marks]
6.
Identify the common mistake made when drawing a bar chart where bars are not aligned at the same baseline. How can it be corrected?
[4 marks]
7.
A bar chart shows that 12 students prefer reading fiction, 7 prefer non-fiction, and 5 prefer comics. Draw the chart using a scale where 1 unit in height equals 2 students.
[3 marks]
8.
Construct a bar chart showing the following data: Hours spent on activities per week - Sleeping: 56, Studying: 20, Playing: 14, Watching TV: 10.
[3 marks]
9.
Using the data: 3, 6, 9, 12, draw a bar chart with an appropriate scale and explain your choice of scale.
[4 marks]
10.
Challenge: Draw a grouped bar chart to compare the sales of two stores over four months: Store A: 20, 25, 30, 35; Store B: 15, 20, 25, 30.
[4 marks]
11.
Identify and correct the mistake in this bar chart: Bars are uneven in height due to inconsistent scale. How does this affect interpretation?
[4 marks]

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Created
1/1/2026
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1/1/2026
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