IXL | Choose the best type of graph

Which is the best type of graph to show the length of four different books?

bar graph

line graph

stem-and-leaf plot

circle graph

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question

Which type of graph would you use to show the number of people who attended the talent show each year for the last ten years?

bar graph

line graph

stem-and-leaf plot

picture graph

solution

The best type of graph to show the number of people who attended the talent show each year for the last ten years is a line graph. It shows a value that changes over time. Example:

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Number of lawn mowers

Day

Lawn mowers sold

The other types of graphs are not as good.

A bar graph compares two or more values. Example:

Benson and Blakely

Thompson Corporation

Downtown Publishing

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1,000

Number of employees

Company

Company sizes

A stem-and-leaf plot shows the numbers in a large data set arranged by place value. Example:

Cars per parking lot
Stem	Leaf
16	0 0 0 2 3 5 7 8 8 9
17	0 4 5 7
18	3 7 9
19	0 0 4 5 9

A picture graph compares two or more values that are multiples of a number. Example:

Reading competition results
Sally
Layla
Bridget
Helen
Rosanne

Each

= 10 books

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GG.7Interpret bar graphs

II.1Interpret line graphs

GG.5Interpret stem-and-leaf plots

GG.11Interpret circle graphs

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