Communicating Information Using Graphs, Charts and Pictures: Lesson
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A graph is another way to learn information.

Graphs use bars or lines to represent amounts of things.

A graph has a title. Each bar or axis represents a specific amount or thing. Let's look at an example.

Every graph has a

• Title

• Label for each axis

Carefully look at this graph. 
What does it tell you ? 
                                         

	Pets in our class. What does the picture tell you?
The number of each pet. What does it tell you?
	Each different kind of pet. What does the picture tell you?

Carefully look at this graph. 
What does it tell you ? 
                                         

	Number of Children Playing Each Day What does the title tell you?
The number of children playing What should this be labeled?
	Number of Children Playing Each Day What should this be labeled?

Carefully look at each graph below. 
Choose 2 statements that best represent the graph.

?

There are 24 students that ordered lunch.

There were 10 more votes for cookies than nuts.

Five fewer people chose ice cream than potato chips.

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