This easy worksheet eases third graders into scaled graphs with friendly numbers and clear keys. Students fix sentences like "a bar at 30 means 6 items" on a scale of 5, decide what 6 hearts equal when each heart is worth 4 students, and figure out how many more players Soccer (35) has than Tennis (20). True-or-false items check whether 5 symbols at 3 each really equals 18, and whether bars of equal height show the same amount.
These warm-up problems lock in the habit of checking the key first, so totals come out right every time.
Style:
Bar Graphs and Pictographs
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
Grapes received fewer votes than Apples because Grapes has more symbols.
Rewrite: Grapes received fewer votes than Apples because Grapes has fewer symbols.
2. Fix the sentence:
On a bar graph with a scale of 5, a bar at 30 means 6 items.
Rewrite: On a bar graph with a scale of 5, a bar at 30 means 30 items.
3. Fix the sentence:
If the key says each symbol equals 3, then 4 symbols show 7 items.
Rewrite: If the key says each symbol equals 3, then 4 symbols show 12 items.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A pictograph key says each heart equals 4 students. Six hearts means 24 students.
2. On a bar graph, the category with the shortest bar has the lowest value.
3. A bar graph shows Soccer = 35 and Tennis = 20. Soccer has 15 more players.
4. In a pictograph where each symbol equals 10, half a symbol stands for 5.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. A pictograph and a bar graph can both show the same set of data.
True False
2. If each symbol stands for 3 and there are 5 symbols, the total is 18.
True False
3. On a bar graph, two bars of equal height represent the same amount.
True False
Bar Graphs and Pictographs
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
Grapes received fewer votes than Apples because Grapes has more symbols.
Rewrite: Grapes received fewer votes than Apples because Grapes has fewer symbols.
2) Fix the sentence:
On a bar graph with a scale of 5, a bar at 30 means 6 items.
Rewrite: On a bar graph with a scale of 5, a bar at 30 means 30 items.
3) Fix the sentence:
If the key says each symbol equals 3, then 4 symbols show 7 items.
Rewrite: If the key says each symbol equals 3, then 4 symbols show 12 items.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A pictograph key says each heart equals 4 students. Six hearts means 24 students.
2) On a bar graph, the category with the shortest bar has the lowest value.
3) A bar graph shows Soccer = 35 and Tennis = 20. Soccer has 15 more players.
4) In a pictograph where each symbol equals 10, half a symbol stands for 5.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) A pictograph and a bar graph can both show the same set of data.
True
False
2) If each symbol stands for 3 and there are 5 symbols, the total is 18.
True
False
3) On a bar graph, two bars of equal height represent the same amount.
True
False
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