IXL | Interpret bar graphs: multi-step problems

Mr. Porter is throwing an end-of-the-year ice cream social for his class. He lets his students vote for their favorite flavors. The bar graph shows the students' votes.

chocolate

vanilla

mint

strawberry

Flavor

Number of votes

Favorite ice cream flavors

How many students picked the two most popular flavors?

students

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question

Josh owns a music store. He made a bar graph to show the stringed instruments he sold last week.

guitars

mandolins

banjos

Type of stringed instrument

Number sold

Sales of stringed instruments

Josh's friend Sam has a music store in a nearby town. Last week, Sam sold 2 fewer guitars than Josh. He also sold 3 more mandolins than Josh. How many more guitars than mandolins did Sam sell last week?

more guitars

solution

Step 1: Find how many guitars Sam sold last week.

Last week, Josh sold 9 guitars. Sam sold 2 fewer guitars than Josh. Subtract.

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Last week, Sam sold 7 guitars.

Step 2: Find how many mandolins Sam sold last week.

Last week, Josh sold 2 mandolins. Sam sold 3 more mandolins than Josh. Add.

Last week, Sam sold 5 mandolins.

Step 3: Find how many more guitars than mandolins Sam sold last week.

Sam sold 7 guitars and 5 mandolins. Subtract.

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Sam sold 2 more guitars than mandolins last week.

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