Reading a Double Bar Graph Worksheet Download
Every question needs BOTH series. A double bar graph whose questions only ever read one bar is a single bar graph with extra ink, so there is no 'how many did X have' here - the ten questions are the difference within a category, the two combined, which category has the biggest gap, which one is tied, how many categories favour one series, which series is larger overall, the difference and the total across the whole graph. The data is generated so each of those has exactly one answer: exactly one tie, a unique greatest difference, at least one category going each way, and different series totals. Sheets 152 and 153 do the same thing with a single series.
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About this worksheet
One double bar graph is shown at the top of the sheet and every question below compares, combines or totals the two sets of bars.
Student objectives
- Read two bars against each other in the same category
- Find the difference between two sets of data on one graph
- Total both series across every category
- Use a legend to tell which bar is which
Everyday practice
- Compare this year and last year on the same chart
- See which team led in more games from a two-colour graph
- Read a chart that shows boys and girls side by side
- Work out a total from a graph that splits it into two parts