Elementary Algebra – 1
Graphing Practice
NAME_______________________________________________________________________________
Example 1
A survey of students' favorite after-school activities was conducted at a school. The table below shows the results of this
survey.
1. What type of graph would be appropriate to display this
data? Explain your reasoning why.
Students' Favorite After-School
Activities
Activity Number of Students
Play Sports 45
Talk on Phone 53
Visit With Friends 99
Earn Money 44
Chat Online 66
School Clubs 22
Watch TV 37
2. Graph this data below on the appropriate graph. Make sure you
label your graph appropriately.
3. What is the Title of your graph?
4. What is the range of values on the horizontal scale?
5. How many categories are in the graph?
6. Which after-school activity do students like most?
7. Which after-school activity do students like least?
8. How many students like to talk on the phone?
9. How many students like to earn money?
10. Which to activities are like almost equally?
11. List the categories in the graph from greatest to least.
Example 2
Students in a class voted on their favorite fruit. Each student voted once. The bar graph below summarizes the data
collected from the class vote.
1. What is the range of values on the (horizontal) scale?
2. How many categories are in the graph?
3. Which fruit had the most votes?
4. Which fruit had the least votes?
5. How many students voted for bananas?
6. How many students voted for grapes?
7. Which two fruits had the same number of votes?
8. List the categories in the graph from least to greatest.
Example 3
The following is data for shoes sold during the month of October.
1. What type of graph would be appropriate to display this data?
Sneakers Sold This Month Explain your reasoning why.
Brand Number Sold
Nike 32
Adidas 25
New Balance 18
Reebok 15
Other 10
Total 100
2. Graph this data below on the appropriate graph. Make sure you label your graph appropriately.
3. Which other type of graph could be used to display the data in this Example? Explain your reasoning.
Example 4
The table below shows the composition of Earth's atmosphere. Construct a graph which best represents the
composition of the Earth's Atmosphere.
1. What type of graph would be appropriate to display this data?
Explain your reasoning why.
Composition of Earth's
Atmosphere
Gas Percent
Nitrogen 77
Oxygen 21
Other 2
2. Graph this data below on the appropriate graph. Make sure you label your graph appropriately.
Which graph would best be used to describe the each of the following? Line, Bar, Circle graph? Explain why for each.
1. ____________________ The ages of 7 trumpet players in a band are 13, 12, 11, 12, 11, 10 and 12. What type of
graph would be appropriate for comparing the ages of these trumpet players?
WHY?
2. ____________________ The federal hourly minimum wage was recorded each year from 1990 to 2007. What type
of graph would best show the changes in minimum wage during this time period?
WHY?
3. ____________________ When asked if "antidisestablishmentarianism" has 28 letters, 50 people said yes, 35 people
said no and 15 people said I don't know. What type of graph would best compare these responses to each other and
with the total?
WHY?
4. ____________________ The growth of 7 different plants was recorded in centimeters. What type of graph would be
best for comparing the growth of each plant?
WHY?
5. In a city, the rainfall was recorded in inches each month for 12 months. What type of graph would best display the
change in rainfall?
WHY?
